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Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus

Mammalia - Monotremata - Tachyglossidae

Taxonomy
Echidna setosa was named by Geoffroy (1803). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Echidna aculeata by Lydekker (1894); it was recombined as Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus by Augee et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Echidna setosa Geoffroy
1838Echidna setosa Gray p. 335
2006Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus Augee et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
AustralosphenidaLuo et al. 2001
orderMonotremataBonaparte 1838
familyTachyglossidaeGill 1872
genusTachyglossus
speciesaculeatus(Shaw 1792)
subspeciessetosus(Geoffroy 1803)

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
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, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available