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

1 Species

1.1 Zaglossus attenboroughi

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

Remarks: see under echidna

1.2 Zaglossus brujinii

• Habitat: highland forest s of Australia
• Era: the present
• Endangered

Remarks: see under echidna

1.3 Zaglossus hacketti

• Habitat: Western Australia
• Era: Upper Pleistocene
• Fossil
• 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.

1.4 Zaglossus robustus

• Habitat: Tasmania
• Era: Pleistocene
• Fossil

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

2 Links

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