An Echidna at the Repulse Dam near Ouse, Tasmania. Interesting that the Tasmanian echidnas are the Short-Beaked Echidna species (Tachyglossus aculeatus). This one seems to have a long snout! Photo taken in December 2013.

An Echidna at the Repulse Dam near Ouse, Tasmania. Interesting that the Tasmanian echidnas are the Short-Beaked Echidna species (Tachyglossus aculeatus). This one seems to have a long snout! Photo taken in December 2013.