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Tachyglossidae
Gill, 1872
- spiny anteaters
(mammal)
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Entity:
Monotremata (Order) - monotremes
..†Kollikodontidae (Family)
..†Kryoryctes (Genus)
..Ornithorhynchidae (Family) - platypuses
..†Steropodontidae (Family)
..†Teinolophos (Genus)
..Tachyglossidae (Family) - spiny anteaters
....Tachyglossus (Genus) - short-nosed echidna
....Zaglossus (Genus) - long-nosed echidna
Basic information
Distribution
:
Australasia
Period
:
Middle Miocene - Present (15.97 Ma - present)
Status
:
extant
Geography
Geographic region
:
Asia
Ref:
C.P. Groves, 2005
: 1.
[indirect]
Geographic region
:
Oceania
Ref:
C.P. Groves, 2005
: 1.
[indirect]
Ecology
Lifestyle
:
Terrestrial
Nutritional group
:
Insectivore
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1 Feb 2024