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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