Tachyglossus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “swift”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). === Proper noun === Tachyglossus m A taxonomic genus within the family Tachyglossidae – the short-beaked echidna. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Prototheria – subclass; Monotremata – order; Tachyglossidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Tachyglossus aculeatus - sole species === References === Tachyglossus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tachyglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tachyglossus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Tachyglossus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.