long-nosed echidna

…In addition to these characteristics, echidnas are noteworthy for their exceptional primitiveness among mammals, such as their ability to change body temperature in response to changes in the outside air and being close to cold-blooded. In addition to this species, three closely related species live in New Guinea, including the long-nosed echidna (also known as the three-beaked echidna). [Imaizumi Yoshiharu] …

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…これらの特徴のほか，体温が外気の変化に応じて変化し，変温性に近いことなど，ハリモグラは，哺乳類としては例外的な原始性をとどめており，注目される。ニューギニアには，本種のほか，ナガハシハリモグラ(ミユビハリモグラともいう)Zaglossus bruijni(英名long‐nosed echidna)など3種の近縁種がすむ。【今泉 吉晴】。…

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