An echidna bibliography part 2 of 2.

 This is a continuation from Part 1, to be found here.

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Hulbert, A.J.; Lyn A. Beard and Gordon C. Grigg. The exceptional longevity of an egg-laying mammal, the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is associated with peroxidation-resistant membrane composition. Experimental Gerontology 43 2008) 729 – 733.

Hulbert, A.J.; Lyn A. Beard and Gordon C. Grigg. The possible role of membrane lipids in the exceptionally long life of the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. Australian Zoologist 35 (2) (2010) 154 – 159.

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Johnson, D.H. Mammals of the Arnhem Land expedition. Pp.427–515 in, Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land. Vol.4. Zoology. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1964

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Loh, Siew-May; Alexander W. Gofton; Nathan Lo; Amber Gillett; Una M. Ryan; Peter J. Irwin and Charlotte L. Oskam. Novel Borrelia species detected in echidna ticks, Bothriocroton concolor, in Australia. Parasites & Vectors 9 (2016).

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Murray, P. A Pleistocene spiny anteater from Tasmania Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 112 (1978): 39–68.

Murray, P. F. A unique jaw mechanism in the echidna Tachyglossus, aculeatus. Australian Journal of Zoology 29 (1981): 1–5.

Murray, P. F. Australian megamammals: restorations of some late Pleistocene fossil marsupials and a monotreme. The Artefact 3 (1978): 77–99.

Musser, A. A piece of the platypus puzzle. Obdurodon reconstruction. Riversleigh Notes No 26 (1995): 2–4.

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Nicol, Stewart & Niels A. Andersen. ‘The life history of an egg-laying mammal, the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)’. Écoscience, 14 (2007), 275-285.

Nicol, Stewart C. Energy Homeostasis in Monotremes. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11 (2017), 1 – 17.

Nicol, Stewart C.; Cécile Vanpé; Jenny Sprent; Gemma Morrow and Niels A. Andersen. Spatial Ecology of a ubiquitous Australian anteater, the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Journal of Mammalogy, 92 (1), 16 February 2011, 101–110.

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Owen, Richard. On the Generation of the Marsupial Animals, with a Description of the Impregnated Uterus of the Kangaroo. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 124 (1834), 333-364.

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Echidnas for kids

Whiting, Sue, (ill. Cate James). The Echidna Near My Place. Sydney: Walker Books, 2022. At last, a good echidna book to read to grandkids!