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Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus

Mammalia - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae

Taxonomy
Echidna hystrix multiaculeata was named by Rothschild (1905). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus by Augee et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Echidna hystrix multiaculeata Rothschild
2006Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus Augee et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
AustralosphenidaLuo et al. 2001
orderMonotremataBonaparte 1838
familyTachyglossidaeGill 1872
genusTachyglossus
speciesaculeatus(Shaw 1792)
subspeciesmultiaculeatus(Rothschild 1905)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available