Zaglossus bruijnii
(W. C. H. Peters & Doria, 1876)
Western Long-beaked Echidna
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Yinotheria |
| Infraclass | : Australosphenida |
| Order | : Monotremata |
| Family | : Tachyglossidae |
| Genus | : Zaglossus |
Species status
Authority citation
Peters, W.C.H. and Doria, G. 1876-12-03. Descrizione di una nuova specie di Tachyglossus proveniente dalla Nuova Guinea settentrionale. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 9:183-187.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29875915Original name as described
Tachyglossus bruijnii
Other common names
Long-beaked Echidna · Long-nosed Echidna · Long-nosed Spiny Anteater · New Guinea Long-nosed Echidna
Type material
MSNG CE 1623
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
“Mons Arfak, Nova Guinea sept [= Arfak Mountains, Manokwari Division, Vogelkop Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia].”
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
Subregion distribution
Indonesia(PP)
Distribution notes
The Vogelkop Peninsula of Papua Province, Indonesia on New Guinea, including Salawati I (where it is possibly extinct) and possibly Batanta and Waigeo Is (Helgen 2007).
Distribution references
Helgen, K. M. (2007). A Taxonomic and Geographic Overview of the Mammals of Papua. In: A. J. Marshall and B. M. Beehler (eds), The Ecology of Papua, pp. 689-749. Periplus Editions, Singapore.
Taxonomy notes
Since Van Deusen & George (1969), all Zaglossus populations were tentative treated under the single species _Z. bruijnii_ due to the rarity of specimens available for species of this genus. A thorough taxonomic revision wouldn't be conducted until Flannery & Groves (1998), where three species were defined based on morphological variation (_Z. attenboroughi_, _Z. bartoni_, _Z. bruijnii_). No revision using modern methods has been published, although unpublished molecular data apparently supports the species level distinction between_ Z. bruijnii_ and _Z. bartoni_ (Leary et al. 2016 based on K. Helgen pers. comm. in 2015). A specimen of _Z. bruijnii_ collected in the early 20th century was recently identified from the BMNH from Mount Anderson in the Kimberley region of north Western Australia (Helgen et al. 2012); however, the locality of this record has been disputed and the specimen was likely mislabeled, likely coming from New Guinea where the species is endemic (Burbidge 2017). This specific epithet is often misspelt as 'bruijni', but the original spelling is 'bruijnii'. Monotypic.
Taxonomy notes citation
Van Deusen, H. M., & George, G. G. (1969). Notes on the echidnas (Mammalia, Tachyglossidae) of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates, 2383, . · 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. · Helgen, K. M., Miguez, R. P., Kohen, J. L., & Helgen, L. E. (2012). Twentieth century occurrence of the long-beaked echidna Zaglossus bruijnii in the Kimberley region of Australia. ZooKeys, (255), 103. · 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. 2016. Zaglossus bruijnii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T23179A21964204. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T23179A21964204.en. Accessed on 07 January 2025. · Burbidge, A. A. (2017). Did Zaglossus bruijnii occur in the Kimberley region of Western Australia? Australian Mammalogy, 40(2), 315-318.IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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