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Zaglossus
Zaglossus attenboroughi
Zaglossus brujinii
Zaglossus hacketti (extinct)
Zaglossus robustus (extinct)
Zaglossus is the genus of the echidna, a spiny monotreme that lives in Australia. There are two living species, and two extinct species.
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Species
Zaglossus attenboroughi
- Habitat: regions of Australia at higher elevation than highland forests
- Era: the present
Remarks: see under echidna
Zaglossus brujinii
- Habitat: highland forests of Australia
- Era: the present
- Conservation status: Endangered
Remarks: see under echidna
Zaglossus hacketti
- Habitat: Western Australia
- Era: Upper Pleistocene
- Remarks: 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
- Conservation status: Fossil
Remarks: This species is known from a fossil skull about 65 cm long.
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