Tachyglossus

Tachyglossus aculeatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ornithorhynchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Ordo: Monotremata Superfamilia: Ornithorhynchoidea

Familia: Tachyglossidae
Genus: Tachyglossus
Species (1): T. aculeatus

Name

Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811: 114

Type species: Echidna novaehollandiae Lacépède, 1799 (=Myrmecophaga aculeatus Shaw, 1792)

Synonyms

• Acanthonotus Goldfuss, 1809
• Echidna G. Cuvier, 1797
• Echinopus G. Fischer, 1814
• Syphonia Rafinesque, 1815

References

Primary references

• Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names

English: Short-beaked Echidna
español: Equidna
italiano: Echidna
日本語: ハリモグラ属
македонски: Краткоклун клунест еж
Nederlands: Mierenegel
русский: Ехидна
українська: Справжні єхидни
中文: 澳洲针鼹

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