western long-beaked echidna

monotreme
Also known as: Zaglossus bruijnii

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echidnas

  • short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
    In echidna: Long-beaked echidnas

    …other respects it resembles the western long-beaked echidna. The species inhabits a tiny pocket of highland forest in the Cyclops Mountains near Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. Aside from a single specimen collected by a Dutch botanist in 1961, no other members of the species were known until images captured on a…

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