Tasmanian short-beaked echidna
| Tasmanian short-beaked echidna | |
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| near Scottsdale, Tasmania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Monotremata |
| Family: | Tachyglossidae |
| Genus: | Tachyglossus |
| Species: | T. aculeatus |
| Subspecies: | T. a. setosus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
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The Tasmanian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) is a subspecies of short-beaked echidna endemic to Tasmania.[1]
It was first described by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1803 as Echidna setosa,[1][2] from two specimens, one of which was found in or near Bruny Island.[1] Jackson and others (2021)[3] review the taxonomy of this animal and redefine various type specimens.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Subspecies Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (Geoffroy, 1803)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. (1803). "Extrait des observations anatomiques de M. Home, sur l'echidné". Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris. 3 (77): 225-227 [as 125-127] pls 14-16 [226 (as 126)].
- Wikidata Q110542479.
- ^ "Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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