Zaglossus
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Long-beakedEchidna.jpg/220px-Long-beakedEchidna.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ζα (za) (from διά (diá, “through, across”)) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).
Proper noun
[edit]Zaglossus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tachyglossidae – the long-beaked echidnas, of New Guinea.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Prototheria - subclass; Monotremata - order; Tachyglossidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Zaglossus attenboroughi (Sir David's long-beaked echidna), Zaglossus bartoni (eastern long-beaked echidna), Zaglossus bruijni (western long-beaked echidna) (species)
- Zaglossus hacketti, Zaglossus robustus (extinct species)
References
[edit]Long-beaked echidna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Zaglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Zaglossus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Zaglossus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Zaglossus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Zaglossus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Zaglossus at Paleobiology Database