Zaglossus attenboroughi, known as Attenborough's long-beaked echidna or locally as the payangko, is one of three species in the genus Zaglossus, native to the island of New Guinea. It lives in the Cyclops Mountains near the northern coast, close to the cities of Sentani and Jayapura in Indonesia's Papua province, and is named in honour of naturalist Sir David Attenborough. Classified as critically endangered by the IUCN, it had no confirmed sightings between its initial collection in 1961 and November 2023, when the first video footage of a living individual was recorded.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceFive claws on each foot; short, very fine and dense fur 1 Scientific NameZaglossus attenboroughi 1 Conservation Status Connections
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Sources
1. Zaglossus attenboroughi - Wikipedia
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Zaglossus attenboroughi, also known as Attenborough's long-beaked echidna
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It is currently classified as critically endangered by the IUCN
Description
The species has five claws on each foot like the eastern long-beaked echidna, and has short, very fine and dense fur
- lives in Cyclops Mountains, New Guinea
View the Source2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
3. GBIF Species API
Wikidata: Attenborough's Long-beaked Echidna
Wikidata Q757942, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: MonotremataView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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