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Taxon: Species Zaglossus bruijni (Peters & Doria, 1876) - western long-beaked echidna (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Peters & Doria, 1876:183.
Original rank
Subsequent generic combination
Original spelling

Types

Type, by original designation, ofZaglossus (Genus) Gill, 1877
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Zaglossus bruijni bruijni (Peters & Doria, 1876)

Variants

Different rankZaglossus bruijni bruijni (Peters & Doria, 1876)
Different terminationZaglossus bruijnii (Peters & Doria, 1876)

Combinations

BasionymTachyglossus bruijni Peters & Doria, 1876

Synonyms

IncludingZaglossus bartoni (Thomas, 1907) Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 9.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namewestern long-beaked echidna Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 2.
long-beaked echidna
long-nosed echidna Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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