[Kingdom] Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Grade Enterozoa
     Grade Cœlomata
       Phylum Vertebrata (Lamarck, 1801)
         Branch Craniata Linnaeus, 1758
           Grade Gnathostoma
             Subgrade Pentadactyla lipobranchia
               Branch Amphicondyla [monotypic]
                 Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
                   Grade Cloacalia
                     Order Echidnida
                       Genus Echidna Cuvier, 1798, nom. illeg. see Genus Echinopus Fischer de Waldheim, 1814