Tasmanian short-beaked echidna
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| Tasmanian short-beaked echidna | |
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| near Scottsdale, Tasmania | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Monotremata |
| Family: | Tachyglossidae |
| Genus: | Tachyglossus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | T. a. setosus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) | |
The Tasmanian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) is a subspecies of short-beaked echidna endemic to Tasmania.[1]
It was first described by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1803 as Echidna setosa,[1][2] from two specimens, one of which was found in or near Bruny Island.[1] Jackson and others (2021)[3] review the taxonomy of this animal and redefine various type specimens.[4]
