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Attenborough's Long-beaked Echidna

Mammals

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.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Derived 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.
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Five claws on each foot; short, very fine and dense fur 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 3
Scientific Name
Zaglossus attenboroughi 1
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Monotremata, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

In Biome

Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Zaglossus attenboroughi

In Ecosystem

New Guinea Rainforest, Ecosystems
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Zaglossus attenboroughi
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Zaglossus attenboroughi - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    Zaglossus attenboroughi, also known as Attenborough's long-beaked echidna
  • Lead paragraph, second paragraph
    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
  • Category: Fauna listed on CITES Appendix II
View the Source
2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Zaglossus attenboroughi
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES Appendix II
  • Economic Importance for Humans
    Positive Impacts food food
  • In Ecosystem: New Guinea Rainforest, Geographic Range; Habitat
    Zaglossus attenboroughi is endemic to Papua, New Guinea ... Sir David's long-beaked echidnas live in forested mountainous areas of the Cyclops Mountains
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat Regions, biome: rainforest
    rainforest rainforest
View the Source
4. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
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
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