Tasmanian short-beaked echidna
near Scottsdale, Tasmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotremata
Family: Tachyglossidae
Genus: Tachyglossus
Species:
T. aculeatus
Subspecies:
T. a. setosus
Trinomial name
Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus

The Tasmanian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) is a subspecies of short-beaked echidna endemic to Tasmania.[1]

It was first described by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1803 as Echidna setosa,[1][2] from two specimens, one of which was found in or near Bruny Island.[1] Jackson and others (2021)[3] review the taxonomy of this animal and redefine various type specimens.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Subspecies Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (Geoffroy, 1803)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. (1803). "Extrait des observations anatomiques de M. Home, sur l'echidné". Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris. 3 (77): 225-227 [as 125-127] pls 14-16 [226 (as 126)].
  3. ↑ Stephen M. Jackson; Justin J. F. J. Jansen; Gabrielle Baglione; Cécile Callou (22 July 2021). "Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800-1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d'Histoire naturel". Zoosystema. 43 (21): 396. doi:10.5252/ZOOSYSTEMA2021V43A21. ISSN 1280-9551. Wikidata Q110542479.
  4. ↑ "Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 January 2022.


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