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GENUS Tachyglossus

Author:Illiger, 1811.
Citation:Prodr. Syst. Mammal. Avium.: 114.
Type Species:Echidna novaehollandiae Lacépède, 1799 (= Myrmecophaga aculeatus Shaw, 1792).
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Offspring:

SPECIES aculeatus

SUBSPECIES aculeatus

SUBSPECIES acanthion

SUBSPECIES lawesii

SUBSPECIES multiaculeatus

SUBSPECIES setosus

Synonyms:

    Acanthonotus Goldfuss, 1809
    Echidna G. Cuvier, 1797
    Echinopus G. Fischer, 1814
    Syphonia Rafinesque, 1815

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