Replica Short-beaked Echidna Skull - Teaching Quality Viper Despite their strength and size

Despite their strength and size

and before being hunted to extirpation

has been extirpated from much of its former eastern North American range and is now found primarily in mountainous areas of the west

have been found in the La Brea tar pit excavations

Replica Short-beaked Echidna Skull - Teaching Quality Viper Despite their strength and sizeThe short nosed echidna, native to Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, is a primitive mammal belonging to the order Monotremata. This species, along with the 3 long nosed echidnas and platypus, are the only egg laying mammals alive today. Echidnas are insectivores and use their long sticky tongue to lap prey. Specifications: 1: 1 scale Polyurethane resin cast 2 part skull (separate cranium & jaw) Skull Length 11 cm (4. 3 in.) Origin: Australia