Scientific synonyms
Myrmecophaga aculeata Shaw, 1792
Echidna acanthion Collett, 1884
Echidna australis Lesson, 1836
Echidna australiensis Lesson, 1827
Echidna brevicaudata Gray, 1865
Echidna corealis Krefft, 1872
Ornithorhynchus hystrix Home, 1802
Tachyglossus aculeatus ineptus Thomas, 1906
Echidna longiaculeata Tiedemann, 1808
Acanthonotus myrmecophagus Goldfuss, 1809
Other names
= Southern Australia Echidna
= Western Australia Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus ineptus)