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Tachyglossus

Osteichthyes - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae

Taxonomy
Tachyglossus was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant. Its type is Myrmecophaga aculeatus.

It was reranked as Echidna (Tachyglossus) by Ramsay (1877).

It was assigned to Echidna by Ramsay (1877); and to Tachyglossidae by Carroll (1988), Griffiths et al. (1991), Rich et al. (2005), Rowe et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1797Echidna Cuvier
1811Tachyglossus Illiger p. 114
1877Echidna (Tachyglossus) Ramsay
1884Echidna Owen
1894Echidna Lydekker p. 241
1988Tachyglossus Carroll
1991Tachyglossus Griffiths et al. p. 90
2005Tachyglossus Rich et al. p. 913
2008Tachyglossus Rowe et al. p. 1241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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

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.

G. Tachyglossus Illiger 1811
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Tachyglossus aculeatus Shaw 1792 [short-beaked echidna]
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Invalid names: Echidna hystrix Home 1802 [synonym]
Invalid names: Echidna Cuvier 1797 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available