This particular Echidna lived during the Upper Pleistocene era which was millions of years long and ended just over twenty thousand years ago. It was about a metre long, apparently the size of a sheep. How marvellous! A giant echidna! What were they thinking?
The Upper Pleistocene era in Australia is characterised by a cornucopia of [...]
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Category Archives: Monotremes
Gigantic Long Beaked Echidna (Zaglossus hacketti)
October 13, 2008 – 10:21 pm
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