Murrayglossus is an extinct genus of echidna from the Pleistocene of Western Australia. It contains a single species, Murrayglossus hacketti, also called Hackett's giant echidna.

In Greek mythology, Echidna (/ ɪ ˈ k ɪ d n ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἔχιδνα, romanized: Ékhidna, lit. 'she-viper', pronounced) [2] was a monster, half-woman and half-snake, who lived alone in a cave. She was the mate of the fearsome monster Typhon and was the mother of many of the most famous monsters of Greek myth. [3]

Murrayglossus, also known as Hackett's giant echidna, is an extinct genus of echidna monotreme that lived in New Guinea during the Pleistocene. Murrayglossus was one of the largest monotremes, likely weighting 30 kilograms in size. It was likely a …

It contains a single species, Murrayglossus hacketti, the giant echidna, an extinct species of echidna from Western Australia that is dated to the Pleistocene. It is known only from a few bones. It was about 1 m (3.3 ft) long and probably weighed about 30 kg (66 lb). This makes it the largest monotreme known to have ever lived.

Echidnas (/ ɪˈkɪdnəz /), sometimes known as spiny anteaters, [1] are quill-covered [2] monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae / tækiˈɡlɒsɪdiː /, living in Australia and New Guinea.

A species of echidna which was apparently more upright in its posture than living echidnas, on account of its much longer limb bones (Glauert, 1914; Flannery et al., 2022). Its ecology is entirely unknown, forcing scientists to surmise what little they can from the scant information available:

2014年6月23日 · The media went wild over the extinct Giant Echidna (Zaglossus hackettii) heralding the discovery to be “the palaeontological event of the year”. The excitement was justified: this creature was the largest monotreme ever to have lived, more than twice the size of its closest living relative.

2023年2月22日 · Murrayglossus hacketti, also known as Hackett's giant echidna, is the only known species of this genus, and its fossils have been found in Western Australia, dating back to the Pleistocene...

Murrayglossus hacketti is an extinct species of giant echidna from Western Australia that is dated to the Pleistocene. It is known only from a few bones. It was about 1 m long and probably weighed about 30 kg (66 lb), making it the largest monotreme known to have ever lived.

Zaglossus hacketti, the giant echidna, is an extinct species of long-beaked echidna from Western Australia that is dated to the Pleistocene. It is known only from a few bones. It was about 1 m long and probably weighed about 30 kg (66 lb). This makes it …