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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/29875915

Original 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). A specimen from the early 1900's has been identified in museum collections from Mt Anderson, Kimberley region of N Western Australia, Australia; however, this has been disputed and the specimen is likely a mislabled animal from New Guinea (Helgen et al., 2012; Burbidge, 2017).

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. · 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. · 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000005

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Acanthoglossus Goodfellowi

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Tachyglossidae

Root name

goodfellowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.9.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c3dacf99-da99-4661-9789-eaa9baec8761

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413751

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8560)

Proechidna nigro-aculeata

(W. Rothschild, 1893)

Family

Tachyglossidae

Root name

nigroaculeatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.4261, BMNH:Mamm:1939.4262

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/25ee6cb7-8b55-4bd5-89d4-e4bc8d1a0a17 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cb90b390-dc3f-4029-8179-67598c62029e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed1d45d0-8d70-4cfb-b1d7-b4dcaa00528c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fef0e1df-98be-4b6c-b5d5-19563953ffbf

Authority page

545

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30979682

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8560)

Tachyglossus bruijnii

(W. C. H. Peters & Doria, 1876)

Family

Tachyglossidae

Root name

bruijnii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG CE 1623

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29875915

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Bruynia tridactyla

(A. Dubois, 1882)

Family

Tachyglossidae

Root name

tridactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MSNG CE 1623

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11089343

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8560)

Zaglossus bruijnii gularis

W. Rothschild in O. Thomas & W. Rothschild, 1922

Family

Tachyglossidae

Root name

gularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Tring 573

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253009

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8560)

Zaglossus bruijnii pallidus

W. Rothschild in O. Thomas & W. Rothschild, 1922

Family

Tachyglossidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Tring 593

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253009

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8560)

Zaglossus bruijni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Tachyglossidae

Root name

bruijni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

7

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8560)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Zaglossus bruijnii

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Tachyglossidae

Root name

bruijnii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23179/21964204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Proechidna villosissima

(A. Dubois, 1884)

Family

Tachyglossidae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

109

Authority publication

Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8560)

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