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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Tachyglossus
Illiger, 1811
- short-nosed echidna
(mammal)
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Entity:
Tachyglossidae (Family) - spiny anteaters
..Zaglossus (Genus) - long-nosed echidna
..Tachyglossus (Genus) - short-nosed echidna
....Tachyglossus aculeatus (Species) - short-beaked echidna
Authorship
Original name
:
Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium
: 114.
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type of
:
Tachyglossidae
(Family)
Gill, 1872
Type, by original designation
:
Tachyglossus novaehollandiae
(Lacépède, 1799)
Type, by synonymy
:
Tachyglossus aculeatus
(Shaw, 1792)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Acanthonotus
(Genus)
Goldfuss, 1809
Ref:
MSW, 1993
Synonymous name
:
Echidna
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1798, nom. illeg.
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Synonymous name
:
Echinopus
(Genus)
Fischer de Waldheim, 1814
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Synonymous name
:
Syphomia
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Synonymous name
:
Syphonia
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
MSW, 1993
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
mierenegels
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
short-nosed echidna
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