Tachyglossus

Tachyglossus aculeatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Monotremata
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Prototheria Ordo: Monotremata

Familia: Tachyglossidae
Genus: Tachyglossus
Species (1): T. aculeatus

Name

Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811

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

Synonyms

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

References

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

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names

English: Short-beaked Echidna
Español: Equidna
Italiano: Echidna
Nederlands: Mierenegel
日本語: ハリモグラ属
Русский: Ехидна
Українська: Справжні єхидни
中文: 澳洲针鼹

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