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RED LIST NOT EVALUATED DATA LEAST NEAR DEFICIENT CONCERN THREATENED CRITICALLY VULNERABLE ENDANGERED ENDANGERED NE DD LC NT VU EN CR EXTINCT IN THE WILD EW EXTINCT EX National Museum of Natural History, Leiden. 142500 - Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) This smallest member of the Zaglossus genus was described in 1998 and named in honour of the legendary British naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The species is known from a single specimen found in the Cyclops Range behind Jayapura in 1961 (left). An expedition in May 2007 found evidence of recent burrows and digging activity (but no sightings) and locals implied its continued existence. Hunting by local people continues to be a major threat; as does the degradation of habitat by logging and expansion of small-scale agriculture. Echidnas and platypus (monotremes) are the only mammals that lay eggs. There are only five species of monotremes in the world- three long-beaked echidna, one short-beaked echidna, and one platypus (only in Australia).

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