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Zaglossus
Zaglossus
Translingual
Proper noun
Zaglossus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tachyglossidae – the long-beaked echidnas, of New Guinea.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Prototheria - subclass; Monotremata - order; Tachyglossidae - family
Hyponyms
- (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)