Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Tachyglossus aculeatus side on.jpg

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Original - Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus), Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
It is nice to get a wild one on the move. Echidnas "dig in" hiding the face and legs when a predator is spotted. There is an Echidna FP already, but it is a different subspecies.
Articles in which this image appears
Short-beaked Echidna, Monotreme
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Noodle snacks

Not Promoted --Jujutacular talk 22:31, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]