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Zaglossus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotremata
Family: Tachyglossidae
Genus: Zaglossus
Species

Zaglossus attenboroughi
Zaglossus brujinii
Zaglossus hacketti (extinct)
Zaglossus robustus (extinct)


Zaglossus is the genus of the echidna, a spiny monotreme that lives in Australia. There are two living species, and two extinct species.

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Species

Zaglossus attenboroughi

Remarks: see under echidna


Zaglossus brujinii

Remarks: see under echidna


Zaglossus hacketti

Zaglossus robustus

Remarks: This species is known from a fossil skull about 65 cm long.


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Echidna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (672 words)
The Zaglossus genus includes two surviving species, and two extinct species known only from fossils; while only one species of the Tachyglossus genus is known.
The Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) of the highland forests.
The Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is found in south east New Guinea and also occurs in almost all Australian environments: from the snow-clad Australian Alps to the deep deserts of the Outback: essentially anywhere that ants and termites are available.
Zaglossus or long-beaked echida and New Guinean echidna - TheWebsiteOfEverything.com (228 words)
Zaglossus hacketti (extinct) Zaglossus robustus (extinct) Zaglossus is the genus of the echidna, a spiny monotreme that lives in Australia.
Zaglossus is found in “the central cordillera and the mountains of the Vogelkop of New Guinea” (Griffiths et al.
The long-nosed echidna, Zaglossus, is confined to New Guinea.
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