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Zaglossus bruijni

Osteichthyes - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae

Taxonomy
Tachyglossus bruijnii was named by Peters and Doria (1876). It is extant. Its type specimen is GE 1623, a skull. It is the type species of Zaglossus.

It was recombined as Proechidna bruijni by Lydekker (1894); it was recombined as Zaglossus bruijnii by Allen (1912), Griffiths et al. (1991); it was recombined as Zaglossus bruijni by Augee et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Tachyglossus bruijnii Peters and Doria
1884Bruijnia tridactyla Du Bois
1884Proechidna villosissima Dubois
1892Proechidna nigroaculeata Rothschild
1894Proechidna bruijni Lydekker p. 246
1894Proechidna nigroaculeata Lydekker p. 247
1912Zaglossus bruijnii Allen p. 259
1991Zaglossus bruijnii Griffiths et al. p. 90
2006Zaglossus bruijni Augee et al. p. 8

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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
genusZaglossusGill 1877
speciesbruijni(Peters and Doria 1876)

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.

Zaglossus bruijni Peters and Doria 1876
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Invalid names: Bruijnia tridactyla Du Bois 1884 [synonym], Proechidna nigroaculeata Rothschild 1892 [synonym], Proechidna villosissima Dubois 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoref
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973
Collections
No collection or age range data are available