Tachyglossidae (Noun)
Meaning
Echidnas.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The echidnas belong to the family Tachyglossidae, which contains only four species.
- Tachyglossidae is a group of small to medium-sized mammals found in Australia and New Guinea.
- Long-beaked and short-beaked echidnas are the two main genera of the Tachyglossidae family.
- The Tachyglossidae family of mammals has been around for more than 35 million years.
- Some scientists argue that the Tachyglossidae family might not be one distinct group but rather several distinct ones.