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The 'long-beaked echidnas' make up one of the two genera (Genus '''Zaglossus''') of echidna, a spiny monotreme that lives in New Guinea. There are three living species, and two extinct species.



Echidnas are one of the two types of mammals that lay eggs.

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Species

''Zaglossus attenboroughi''

''Zaglossus bartoni''

''Zaglossus bruijni''

''Zaglossus hacketti''

''Zaglossus robustus''

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Species

''Zaglossus attenboroughi''

Main articles: Sir David's Long-beaked Echidna


★ Habitat: regions of New Guinea at higher elevation than highland forests

★ Era: the present

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''Zaglossus bartoni''

Main articles: Eastern Long-beaked Echidna


★ Habitat:on the central cordillera between the Paniai Lakes and the Nanneau Range, as well as the Huon Peninsula

★ Era: the present

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''Zaglossus bruijni''

Main articles: Western Long-beaked Echidna


★ Habitat: highland forests of New Guinea

★ Era: the present

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''Zaglossus hacketti''

★ Habitat: Western Australia

★ Era: Upper Pleistocene

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★ This species is known only from a few bones. At a metre long, it was huge for an echidna and for monotremes in general.

''Zaglossus robustus''

★ Habitat: Tasmania

★ Era: Pleistocene

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★ This species is known from a fossil skull about 65 cm long.

References

★ Flannery, T.F. and Groves, C.P. 1998 A revision of the genus ''Zaglossus'' (Monotremata, Tachyglossidae), with description of new species and subspecies. ''Mammalia'', 62(3): 367-396

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External links

★ EDGE of Existence ''(Zaglossus spp.)'' - Saving the World's most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species

★ ARKive - images and movies of the long-beaked echidna ''(Zaglossus spp.)''

★ Fossil Monotremes

★ A pretty good summary, including references on animalinfo.org