Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw 1792)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Monotremata, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1-2 : 1

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scientific name	Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw 1792)
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Treatment

[Myrmecophaga] aculeata Shaw 1792 , Nat. Misc., 3: pl. 109.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, New Holland (= Sydney).

Vernacular Names: Short-beaked Echidna.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Tachyglossus aculeatus subsp. aculeatus (Shaw 1792)

Subspecies Tachyglossus aculeatus subsp. acanthion (Collett 1884)

Subspecies Tachyglossus aculeatus subsp. lawesii Ramsay 1877

Subspecies Tachyglossus aculeatus subsp. multiaculeatus (W. Rothschild 1905)

Subspecies Tachyglossus aculeatus subsp. setosus (E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1803)

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

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as T. a. multiaculeatus; otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Abundant throughout its range.

Discussion: Includes lawesii and setosus, see Ride (1970:231). Subspecies are unclear, and revision is needed. Species name commonly attributed to Shaw and Nodder, but Nodder was the publisher, not an author.