Zaglossus bruijni (western long-beaked echidna) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Prototheria (egg-laying mammals)
        
        Order Monotremata (monotremes)
        
        Family Tachyglossidae (echidnas)
        
        Genus Zaglossus (long-beaked echidnas)
        
        Species Zaglossus bruijni (western long-beaked echidna)