This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The eastern long-beaked echidna, aka Barton’s long-beaked echidna, hails from New Guinea and prefers sub-alpine forests, tropical hill forests, upland grasslands, and scrub habitats. They can be seen at elevations of up to 13,615 feet. Due to habitat destruction at the hands of mining and agriculture, as well as being […]

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