Western long-beaked echidna
The western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii) is one of the four extant echidnas and one of three species of Zaglossus that occurs in New Guinea. Originally described as Tachyglossus bruijnii, this is the type species of Zaglossus.
| Western long-beaked echidna | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Monotremata |
| Family: | Tachyglossidae |
| Genus: | Zaglossus |
| Species: | Z. bruijnii |
| Binomial name | |
| Zaglossus bruijnii | |
| Western long-beaked echidna range (green – extant, orange – possibly extinct) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Zaglossus bruijni (Peters & Doria, 1876) [orth. error] | |
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