Zaglossus bartoni smeenki Flannery & Groves, 1998

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Zaglossus bartoni smeenki Flannery & Groves, 1998

Mammalia 62(3): 383, figs 6–7, appendix 1. (29 December 1998).

Common name. Eastern Long-beaked Echidna .

Current name. Zaglossus bartoni smeenki Flannery & Groves, 1998 ; following Groves (2005a), who notes that it might be a full species.

Holotype. M.9682 by original designation. Male adult, study skin, skull, and skeleton, collected by Mr G. Leach, on 12 July 1972; registered September 1972.

Condition. Cranium and both dentaries complete. Near complete skeleton, partly articulated. Study skin in good condition, with skin fractures on beak.

Type locality. Collected from the confluence of Mau and Ugat Rivers [9°40'S 149°13'E], 12 miles SW of Marua Point, Collingwood Bay, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Comments. Paratypes not designated. Registration number of holotype given as M. 96822 in the original description; this is a typographical error. Locality data including latitude and longitude taken from the M Register, type locality given as “near Marua Point, 12 miles SW of Collingwood Bay” by Flannery & Groves (1998).