Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)

Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Monotremata, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 13-13 : 13

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scientific name	Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)
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Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) View in CoL . Nat. Mise., 3, pl. 109.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, New Holland (= Sydney) .

DISTRIBUTION: S and E New Guinea; Australia, including Kangaroo Isl (off South Australia) and Tasmania. <

STATUS: Abundant throughout its range.

SYNONYMS: acanthion, acanthrous, australiensis, breviaculeata , corealis, hobartensis, hystrix , ineptus, lawesi, longiaculeata , longirostris, multiaculeata, myrmecophragris, novaehollandiae , setosa, sydneiensis , typicus.

COMMENTS: Includes lawesi, typicus, and setosus; see Ride (1970:231). Name commonly attributed to Shaw and Nodder, but Nodder was the publisher, not an author.