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Tasmanian short-beaked echidna
near Scottsdale, Tasmania
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Monotremata
Family:	Tachyglossidae
Genus:	Tachyglossus
Species:	T. aculeatus
Subspecies:	T. a. setosus
Trinomial name
Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

The Tasmanian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) is a subspecies of short-beaked echidna endemic to Tasmania.

It was first described by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1803 as Echidna setosa, from two specimens, one of which was found in or near Bruny Island. Jackson and others (2021) review the taxonomy of this animal and redefine various type specimens.

References

1. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Subspecies Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (Geoffroy, 1803)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. (1803). "Extrait des observations anatomiques de M. Home, sur l'echidné". Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris. 3 (77): 225-227 pls 14-16 .
3. Stephen M. Jackson; Justin J. F. J. Jansen; Gabrielle Baglione; Cécile Callou (22 July 2021). "Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800-1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d'Histoire naturel". Zoosystema. 43 (21): 396. doi:10.5252/ZOOSYSTEMA2021V43A21. ISSN 1280-9551. Wikidata Q110542479.
4. "Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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