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Taxon: Species Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) - short-beaked echidna (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Shaw, 1792:pl. 109.

Types

Type, by synonymy, ofTachyglossus (Genus) Illiger, 1811
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Tachyglossus aculeatus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)

Combinations

Different combinationMyrmecophaga aculeata Shaw, 1792 Ref: MSW, 1993

Synonyms

Synonymous nameEchidna novaehollandiae Lacépède, 1799
Synonymous nameTachyglossus novaehollandiae (Lacépède, 1799) Ref: MSW, 1993

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namegewone mierenegel Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Australische mierenegel Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
eigenlijke mierenegel Ref: 1992

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameshort-beaked echidna Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 1.
short-nosed echidna Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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