Murrayglossus hacketti Glauert 1914 (Hackett's Giant Echidna)

Mammalia - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae

Alternative combination: Zaglossus hacketti

Full reference: L. Glauert. 1914. Taxonomy and detailed description of Zaglossus hacketti. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3):244-248

Belongs to Murrayglossus according to T. F. Flannery et al. 2022

See also Augee et al. 2006 and Glauert 1914

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WAM 60.10.1, a partial skeleton (associated partial skeleton including the atlas, clavicles and episternum, pelvic girdle, femora, a tibia and radius). Its type locality is Mammoth Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Australia.

Distribution: found only at Mammoth Cave

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