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Tachyglossus

genus of echidnas
Taxon Monotypic Taxon Q12902259

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
monotypic taxon
Parent taxon
echidna[2]
Taxon author citation
Illiger, 1811[12]
Taxon common name
Short-beaked Echidna, Equidna, ハリモグラ属, Краткоклун клунест еж, Mierenegel, Ехидна, Справжні єхидни, 澳洲针鼹[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Taxon name
Tachyglossus[3]
Taxon rank
genus[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tachyglossus cs ježura de Kurzschnabeligel de Tachyglossus es Equidna ko 짧은코가시두더지속 pl Kolczatka pl Tachyglossus zh 针鼹属
🔖 Identifiers · 18
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wild shortbeak echidna.jpg ↗
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Tachyglossus
BOLD Systems taxon ID
3267
Catalogue of Life ID
7RT4
EPPO Code
1TCHGG
Fossilworks taxon ID
39743
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2433377
INaturalist taxon ID
43238
IRMNG ID
1241253
ITIS TSN
552381
Interlingual Index ID
i45149
MSW ID
10300003
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NCBI taxonomy ID
9260
Open Tree of Life ID
16047
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
39743
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01874885-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/b8a768cd-3c01-45ec-a423-b4bb9f4d5be0
ZooBank ID for name or act
FFE80CA0-FE93-4EB9-BE51-FBC994851565

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
monotypic taxon
Parent taxon 1
echidna
Taxon rank 1
genus
← Parent taxon 1
short-beaked echidna
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Interlingual Index ID → i45149
    Parent taxon → echidna
    Instance of → monotypic taxon
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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