Long-beaked echidnas Temporal range: Miocene to present
Western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Tachyglossidae
Genus:	Zaglossus Gill, 1877
Type species
Zaglossus bruijni Peters and Doria, 1876
Species
Zaglossus attenboroughi Zaglossus bartoni Zaglossus bruijni †Zaglossus hacketti †Zaglossus robustus

The long-beaked echidnas make up one of the two genera (Genus Zaglossus) of echidna. Echidna is a spiny monotreme that lives in New Guinea. There are three living species, and two extinct ones.

Echidnas are one of only two types of living mammals that lay eggs.