Zaglossus bartoni diamondi Flannery & Groves, 1998

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 299-300

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scientific name	Zaglossus bartoni diamondi Flannery & Groves, 1998
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Zaglossus bartoni diamondi Flannery & Groves, 1998 View in CoL

Mammalia View in CoL 62(3): 385, figs 8–9, appendix 1. (29 December 1998).

Common name. Western Long-beaked Echidna .

Current name. Zaglossus bartoni diamondi Flannery & Groves, 1998 ; following Groves (2005a), who notes that it might be a full species.

Holotype. M.7955 by original designation. Female, flat skin with skull in situ, collected by D. F. McMichael [on 24 November 1956,] registered on 15 May 1957.

Condition. Flat skin (skull in situ) in good condition with both manus and pes, apparently prepared in the field. Rear of skull visible and undamaged.

Type locality. Wissel Lakes District (alt. c. 4,500 ft), Papua Province (formerly West Irian), Indonesia.

Comments. Paratypes not designated.