Zaglossus

Zaglossus attenboroughi
Zaglossus brujinii
Zaglossus hacketti (extinct)
Zaglossus robustus (extinct)

Zaglossus is the genus of the echidna, a spiny monotreme that lives in Australia. There are two living species, and two extinct species.

Species

Zaglossus attenboroughi

• Habitat: regions of Australia at higher elevation than highland forests
• Era: the present

Remarks: see under echidna

Zaglossus brujinii

• Habitat: highland forests of Australia
• Era: the present
• Conservation status: Endangered

Remarks: see under echidna

Zaglossus hacketti

• Habitat: Western Australia
• Era: Upper Pleistocene
• Remarks: This species is known only from a few bones. At a metre long, it was huge for an echidna and for monotremes in general.

Zaglossus robustus

• Habitat: Tasmania
• Era: Pleistocene
• Conservation status: Fossil

Remarks: This species is known from a fossil skull about 65 cm long.

Links

• Fossil Monotremes
• Mammals: A World Listing of Living and Extinct Species