Albino Echidna

ZooChat Get-together
July 2011

Fascinating... Is it the only albino echidna alive?

I'm not aware of any others at this time, although Taronga Zoo had one named Alby back in the 70's, and I heard of another in the 90's but don't remember any details.

http://www.zoochat.com/34/albino-echidna-99785/

the one at Symbio is called Leo and was found as a youngster in 2011.

There's also this one found at Tambo (Queensland) in 2012: A rare albino echidna found south of Tambo in western Qld in May 2012 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

This one found at Canberra in 2012: Easy to spot, but Casper should be all white in wild

This one in Launceston (Tasmania) in 2011: 'Snowy' the Tasmanian albino echidna - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

This one found at Jamberoo (NSW) in 2008: Albino echidna's a little pearler | Illawarra Mercury

This blonde one on Kangaroo Island: https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Loca...ss_Tours-Kangaroo_Island_South_Australia.html

There are quite a lot of them out there.

Most of the echidnas I saw on KI are blonde.

I just added in the blonde one because I thought it was interesting, I didn't realise they were common on Kangaroo Island. That's one place in Australia I'd really like to visit.

It's worth the effort to get there, lots of wildlife.

Of course, if you like tropical reef fish, there's another island I can recommend ...

Below some blonde echidnas from KI I photographed.