Tachyglossus

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Tachyglossus aculeatus

[edit] Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Prototheria
Ordo: Monotremata
Familia: Tachyglossidae
Genus: Tachyglossus
Species: Tachyglossus aculeatus
Subspecies: T. a. acanthion - T. a. aculeatus - T. a. lawesii - T. a. multiaculeatus - T. a. setosus

[edit] Name

Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811

Type species: Echidna novaehollandiae Lacépède, 1799 (=Myrmecophaga aculeatus Shaw, 1792)

[edit] Synonyms

• Acanthonotus Goldfuss, 1809
• Echidna G. Cuvier, 1797
• Echinopus G. Fischer, 1814
• Syphonia Rafinesque, 1815

[edit] References

• Prodr. Syst. Mammal. Avium., p. 114
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

[edit] Vernacular names

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