western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) Description
Svenska: Uppstoppat långnäbbat myrpiggsvin (Zaglossus bruijni) på Göteborgs Naturhistoriska museum, Göteborg, Västra Götalands län, Sverige.
English: A taxidermied Western Long-beaked Echidna, Zaglossus bruijni at Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum, Göteborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden.
Date 29 August 2015, 16:42:20
Author Gunnar Creutz
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zaglossus_bruijni_(taxidermied)_at_G%C3%B6teborgs_Naturhistoriska_Museum_2405.jpg
The western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) is one of the four extant echidnas and one of three species of Zaglossus that occur in New Guinea. Originally described as Tachyglossus bruijni, this is the type species of Zaglossus. Order: Monotremata, Family: Tachyglossidae, Genus: Zaglossus, Species: Zaglossus bruijni (Peters and Doria, 1876), Synonyms: Zaglossus bruijni (Peters & Doria, 1876) [orth. error]