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References

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• 6. Rismiller, P.D. (1999) The Echidna, Australia's Enigma. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Connecticut.
• 7. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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• Aplin, K., C. Dickman, L. Salas, K. Helgen. 2008. Tachyglossus aculeatus. 2008 IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species. Accessed November 15, 2008 at www.iucnredlist.org.
• Elridge, D., A. Mensing. 2007. Foraging pits of the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) as small-scale patches in a semi-arid Australian woodland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 39: 1055-1065.
• Groves, C. 2005. Tachyglossus aculeatus. Pp. 1-2 in D Wilson, D Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic Reference, Vol. 1. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Hulbert, A., L. Beard, G. Grigg. 2008. The exceptional longevity of an egg-laying mammal, the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is associated with peroxidation-resistant membrane composition. Experimental Gerontology, 43: 729-733.
• Michael Augee et al. (2006) Echidna: Extraordinary Egg-Laying Mammal. CSIRO Publishing.
• Nicol, S., N. Anderson. 2007. Cooling rate and body temperature regulation of hibernating echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 210: 586-592.
• Nicol, S., N. Anderson. 2007. The history of an egg-laying mammal, the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Ecoscience, 14: 275-285.
• Nowak, Ronald M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed. 1629
• Opiang, MD. 2009. Home Ranges, Movement, and Den Use in Long-Beaked Echidnas, Zaglossus Bartoni, from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Mammalogy. 90(2): 340-346.
• Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
• Riek, A. 2008. Relationship between metabolic rate and body weight in mammals: effect of the study. Journal of Zoology, 276: 187-194.
• Ronald Nowak (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.
• Waugh, C. A.; Grigg, G. C.; Booth, D. T.; Beard, L. A. 2006. Respiration by buried echidnas Tachyglossus aculeatus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209(5): 938-944.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142