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Zaglossus Gill 1877

Description

Zaglossus Gill 1877

Zaglossus Gill 1877, Ann. Rec. Sci. Indus., May: 171.

Type Species: Tachyglossus bruijni Peters and Doria 1876

Synonyms: Acanthoglossus Gervais 1877; Bruynia Dubois 1882; Proechidna Dubois 1884; Prozaglossus Kerbert 1913.

Species and subspecies: 3 species with 4 subspecies:

Species Zaglossus attenboroughi Flannery and Groves 1998

Species Zaglossus bartoni (Thomas 1907)

Subspecies Zaglossus bartoni subsp. bartoni (Thomas 1907)

Subspecies Zaglossus bartoni subsp. clunius Thomas and W. Rothschild 1922

Subspecies Zaglossus bartoni subsp. diamondi Flannery and Groves 1998

Subspecies Zaglossus bartoni subsp. smeenki Flannery and Groves 1998

Species Zaglossus bruijni (Peters and Doria 1876)

Discussion: Revised by Flannery and Groves (1998).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Monotremata, pp. 1-2 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gill
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Monotremata
Family
Tachyglossidae
Genus
Zaglossus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zaglossus Gill, 1877 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Flannery, T. F., and C. P. Groves. 1998. A revision of the genus Zaglossus (Monotremata, Tachyglossidae), with description of new species and subspecies. Mammalia, 62: 367 - 396.