†Zaglossus hacketti Glauert 1914 (Hackett's Giant Echidna)
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Mammalia - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae
Full reference: L. Glauert. 1914. Taxonomy and detailed description of Zaglossus hacketti. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3):244-248
Belongs to Zaglossus according to M. L. Augee et al. 2006
See also Glauert 1914
Sister taxa: Echidna oweni, Zaglossus attenboroughi, Zaglossus bartoni, Zaglossus bruijni, Zaglossus robusta, Acanthoglossus goodfellowi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mammoth Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Australia
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Mammoth Cave
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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