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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS: Echidna

Echidna (photo by Dr Kerri Slifka)    < go to CD



Short-nosed echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) digestive tract (Stevens & Hume 1995)



Figure 4.8. Echidna stomach showing the region of stratified squamous epithelium.  (Modified from Stevens and Hume 1995)  (CD Figure 5.8)


Table 7-4  (CD Table 8.5)

All data on adult specimens are expressed in µmoles substrate/minute per gram (wet weight) of mucosa.  (modified from Vonk and Western 1984)