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Long-beaked echidnas Temporal range: Miocene to present | |
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Western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) | |
Scientific classification | |
Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Tachyglossidae |
Genus: | Zaglossus Gill, 1877 |
Type species | |
Zaglossus bruijni | |
Species | |
Zaglossus attenboroughi |
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.