Zaglossus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ζα (za) (from διά (diá, “through, across”)) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).
Proper noun edit
Zaglossus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tachyglossidae – the long-beaked echidnas, of New Guinea.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Prototheria - subclass; Monotremata - order; Tachyglossidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Zaglossus attenboroughi (Sir David's long-beaked echidna), Zaglossus bartoni (eastern long-beaked echidna), Zaglossus bruijni (western long-beaked echidna) (species)
- Zaglossus hacketti, Zaglossus robustus (extinct species)
References edit
Long-beaked echidna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Zaglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Zaglossus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Zaglossus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Zaglossus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Zaglossus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Zaglossus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Zaglossus at Paleobiology Database
