Zaglossus

Zaglossus

<tr><th bgcolor=pink>Scientific classification <tr><td>

<tr><td>Kingdom:<td>Animalia <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Chordata <tr><td>Class:<td>Mammalia <tr><td>Order:<td>Monotremata <tr><td>Family:<td>Tachyglossidae <tr><td>Genus:<td>Zaglossus </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Species <tr><td> Zaglossus attenboroughi
Zaglossus brujinii
Zaglossus hacketti (extinct)
Zaglossus robustus (extinct) </table> Zaglossus is the genus of the echidna, a spiny monotreme that lives in Australia. There are two living species, and two extinct species.

Species

Zaglossus attenboroughi

Habitat: regions of Australia at higher elevation than highland forests
Era: the present
Conservation status: Endangered

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
Conservation status: Fossil
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.