Long-beaked Echidnas
Zaglossus
The long-beaked echidnas (genus Zaglossus) make up one of the two extant genera of echidnas, spiny monotremes that live in New Guinea. There are three living species and two extinct species in this genus. The extinct species were present in Australia. Echidnas are one of the two types of mammals that lay eggs, the other being the platypus. The echidnas retain reptilian features such as egg-laying but display mammalian features such as fur and lactation.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Western Long-beaked Echidna
speciesZaglossus bruijnii
Eastern Long-beaked Echidna
speciesZaglossus bartoni
Attenborough's Long-beaked Echidna
speciesZaglossus attenboroughi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43245.