Tachyglossidae

• Tachyglossus
• Zaglossus
• Short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus

  

  A spiny egg-laying mammal found in many Australian habitats.

• Western long-beaked echidna Zaglossus bruijni

  

  The western long-beaked echidna is an egg-laying mammal with a long, downward-curving snout. It occurs on New Guinea.