Checklist for Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811
Subphylum VERTEBRATA
Higher Taxon GNATHOSTOMATA
Class MAMMALIA
Mammals
Subclass PROTOTHERIA
Echidna, Platypus
Order MONOTREMATA
Family TACHYGLOSSIDAE
Genus Tachyglossus Illiger, 1811
Species Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)
Short-beaked Echidna
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