Zaglossus bartoni
(O. Thomas, 1907)
Eastern Long-beaked Echidna
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Yinotheria |
| Infraclass | : Australosphenida |
| Order | : Monotremata |
| Family | : Tachyglossidae |
| Genus | : Zaglossus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1907-09-01. On the occurrence of Acanthoglossus in British New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(117):293-294.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413535Original name as described
Acanthoglossus Bruijnii Bartoni
Other common names
Barton's Long-beaked Echidna
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.17.5
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d08a0dc-1d79-4ac4-8499-05c157b9bdcaType locality
“Mount Victoria, British New Guinea [= Albert Edward Range, Papua New Guinea]”, alt 8000 ft [= 2438 m].
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
Subregion distribution
Indonesia(PP)
Distribution notes
Highlands of New Guinea, including the Central Range from the Paniai Lakes of C Papua Province, Indonesia to the SE peninsula of Papua New Guinea (including an isolated population in the Nanneau Mts, Oro Province), the Mts of the Huon Peninsula of Morobe Province, and the Foja Mts of Papua Province, extending to lower elevations on the S side of the Central Range.
Taxonomy notes
Until Flannery & Groves (1998), all Zaglossus species were attributed to a single species: _Z. bruijnii_. _Zaglossus bartoni_ was split from _Z. bruijnii_ and four subspecies were defined based on morphological variation (Flannery & Groves 1998), but the taxonomy of this species has not been revised using modern methods. Although these subspecies are morphologically distinct and have been suggested to possibly be distinct species, unpublished molecular data apparently suggests a different phylogeographic relationship between populations of _Z. bartoni_ than what is reflected by the current subspecies arrangement (Leary et al. 2016b based on K. Helgen pers. comm. in 2015). Additionally, _Z. attenboroughi_ may be a synonym or subspecies of _Z. bartoni_ based on the same unpublished molecular data (Leary et al. 2016a based on K. Helgen pers. comm. in 2015). The name bubuensis was initially described as a distinct species by Laurie (1952), but is considered a synonym of the nominate subspecies according to Flannery & Groves (1998). Four subspecies recognized here pending a thorough taxonomic revision: _Z. b. bartoni_, _Z. b. clunius_, _Z. b. diamondi_, and _Z. b. smeenki_.
Taxonomy notes citation
Laurie, E. M. O. (1952). Mammals collected by Mr. Shaw Mayer in New Guinea, 1932–1949. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), (Zoology)1(10), 269-318. · Flannery, T. F., & Groves, C. P. (1998). A revision of the genus Zaglossus (Monotremata, Tachyglossidae), with description of new species and subspecies. Mammalia, 62(3), 367-396. · Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Aplin, K., Salas, L. & Dickman, C. 2016a. Zaglossus attenboroughi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136322A21964353. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136322A21964353.en. Accessed on 07 January 2025. · Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Aplin, K., Salas, L. & Dickman, C. 2016b. Zaglossus bartoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136552A21964496. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136552A21964496.en. Accessed on 07 January 2025.IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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