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<taxonomicName box="[490,656,1646,1680]" class="Mammalia" family="Tachyglossidae" genus="Zaglossus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Monotremata" pageId="14" pageNumber="381" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Zaglossus</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation author="Thomas. M. O .." box="[939,1175,1646,1680]" journalOrPublisher="Ann. May. Nat. Hist. Land .." pageId="14" pageNumber="381" pagination="498 - 499" part="20" refId="ref11932" refString="Thomas. M. O .. 1907 a. - A new Acanthoylossus from the island of Salawatti. Ann. May. Nat. Hist. Land .. 20: 498 - 499." title="A new Acanthoylossus from the island of Salawatti" type="journal article" year="1907">Thomas, 1907</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[179,358,1732,1766]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">Holotype:</emphasis>
BMNH 7.7.17.5, an old female skin and skull collected at an elevation of about 2,400 m on Mt Victoria, Wharton Range, Papua New Guinea.
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Synonyms:
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<taxonomicName authority="Laurie" authorityName="Laurie" box="[395,863,1838,1872]" class="Mammalia" family="Tachyglossidae" genus="Zaglossus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Monotremata" pageId="14" pageNumber="381" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bubuensis">
<taxonomicName box="[395,737,1838,1872]" class="Mammalia" family="Tachyglossidae" genus="Zaglossus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Monotremata" pageId="14" pageNumber="381" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bubuensis">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[179,368,1899,1933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
A medium-sized subspecies, significantly larger
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1210,1220,1899,1933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">(</emphasis>
at 0.05
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1339,1350,1899,1933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">)</emphasis>
in all cranial dimensions measured than Z.
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<emphasis box="[649,825,1943,1977]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">b. smeenki</emphasis>
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, and significantly larger
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at 0.05
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than
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<emphasis box="[95,118,1987,2021]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">Z</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis box="[139,299,1987,2021]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">b. clunius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
in BIMAST, RH and PAL. It is significantly smaller
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1255,1265,1987,2021]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">(</emphasis>
at 0.05
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1387,1398,1987,2021]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">)</emphasis>
than Z.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">b. diamondi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in CBL, BZW, RBR, PAL, B and J.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[179,1234,2081,2115]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="14.[95,1581,1732,2459]" box="[179,1234,2081,2115]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">
Specimens examined;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[572,606,2081,2115]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">17</emphasis>
adult and 2 juvenile skulls, 12 skins.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="381" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="14.[95,1581,1732,2459]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[179,416,2142,2176]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">Distribution:</emphasis>
The Papua New Guinean central cordillera between the Efogi area
<emphasis bold="true" box="[99,111,2187,2221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">(</emphasis>
147
<emphasis bold="true" box="[175,188,2187,2221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">°</emphasis>
42
<emphasis bold="true" box="[233,241,2187,2221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381"></emphasis>
E
<emphasis bold="true" box="[270,282,2187,2221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">)</emphasis>
to around Wau
<emphasis bold="true" box="[590,602,2187,2221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">(</emphasis>
146
<emphasis bold="true" box="[667,680,2187,2221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">°</emphasis>
44
<emphasis bold="true" box="[725,734,2187,2221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381"></emphasis>
E
<emphasis bold="true" box="[762,774,2187,2221]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">)</emphasis>
including the Wharton Range and the Wau- Bulolo area, at elevations between about 2,000 and 3,200 metres. A population, provisionally referred to this taxon, occurs in the lowlands of southern Chimbu Province, at about 600 metres elevation in the Haia area
<emphasis bold="true" box="[845,856,2318,2352]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">(</emphasis>
<figureCitation box="[855,958,2318,2352]" captionStart="Fig. 1" captionStartId="1.[154,203,2404,2434]" captionTargetBox="[155,1587,1325,2361]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 1. - Map of New Guinea showing the approximate distribution of the species and subspecies of Zaglossus." pageId="14" pageNumber="381">
Fig.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[940,978,2318,2352]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">1).</emphasis>
</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[180,405,2380,2414]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">Description:</emphasis>
This taxon is less variable in fur density and colour than
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<emphasis box="[1401,1425,2380,2414]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">Z</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[1446,1577,2380,2414]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">
<taxonomicName box="[1446,1571,2380,2414]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381" rank="species" species="bruijnii">bruijnii</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Most of the
<emphasis box="[312,481,2425,2459]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">specimens</emphasis>
we have examined
<emphasis bold="true" box="[829,842,2425,2459]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">(</emphasis>
e.g. AM M5993
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1115,1126,2425,2459]" pageId="14" pageNumber="381">)</emphasis>
have long, dense blackish fur which obscures the spines over the dorsum, although they are visible on the sides. Some specimens have dark brown rather than blackish fur, and one
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1315,1326,313,347]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">(</emphasis>
AM M3212
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1526,1537,313,347]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">)</emphasis>
has spines which are clearly visible all over the back. The spines are invariably white.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="15.[132,1612,265,1558]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">
Specimens from the Haia area
<emphasis bold="true" box="[768,779,407,441]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">(</emphasis>
600 metres elevation
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1141,1151,407,441]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">)</emphasis>
of southern Chimbu Province are tentatively referred to this taxon as they could not be distinguished on the basis of available material. They appear to be somewhat less wellfurred than others, the spines being visible through the fur of the back. This population is poorly-known, a single photograph of an adult female
<emphasis bold="true" box="[797,808,583,617]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">(</emphasis>
see
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a, p. 66
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providing the only evidence for its external appearance.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="15" pageNumber="382" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="15.[132,1612,265,1558]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[218,422,688,722]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">Discussion:</emphasis>
This taxon
<emphasis box="[635,659,688,722]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">is</emphasis>
well represented in world museum collections. Aspects of the biology of the Mount Tafa population have also been studied by
<bibRefCitation author="Griffiths, M." journalOrPublisher="Academie Press, New York" pageId="15" pageNumber="382" pagination="1 - 367" refId="ref11606" refString="Griffiths, M., 1978. - The Biology of the Monotremes. Academie Press, New York 1 - 367." title="The Biology of the Monotremes" type="book chapter" year="1978">
Griffiths
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1978
<emphasis bold="true" box="[233,253,776,810]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">).</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
Most museum specimens are from the Wharton Range and the Wau area, where it occurs at altitudes above about 2,000 metres. In subalpine grassland, such as that in the Neon Basin, Mt Albert Edward at 3,200 metres elevation, where hunting pressure is low. it may be relatively common.
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation author="Laurie, E. M. O." box="[218,443,952,986]" journalOrPublisher="Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zoology" pageId="15" pageNumber="382" pagination="271 - 318" part="1" refId="ref11718" refString="Laurie, E. M. O., 1952. - Mammals collected by Mr Shaw Mayer in New Guinea 1932 - 1949. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zoology, 1: 271 - 318." title="Mammals collected by Mr Shaw Mayer in New Guinea 1932 - 1949." type="journal article" year="1952">
Laurie
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1952
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distinguished
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<emphasis box="[691,853,952,986]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">bubuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis box="[961,1081,952,986]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">bartoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1096,1106,952,986]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">(</emphasis>
with which it was supposedly sympatric
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on the basis of its shorter, brown
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rather than black
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1229,1239,996,1030]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">)</emphasis>
fur, light brown feet and less curved rostrum. All of these features vary within the sample of Z.
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<emphasis box="[1445,1606,1040,1074]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">
b.
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</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
available to us, and the condition seen in
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<emphasis box="[831,993,1084,1118]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">bubuensis</emphasis>
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falls within this variation.
</paragraph>
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No other mammal species has a distribution which overlaps precisely with that of
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<emphasis box="[133,157,1172,1206]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">Z</emphasis>
.
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<taxonomicName box="[177,340,1172,1206]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382" rank="subSpecies" species="b." subSpecies="bartoni">
b.
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</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
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The New Guinean population of
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however, coincides with it. The zone of potential contact between Z.
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b.
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</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[1364,1388,1215,1249]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">Z</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName box="[1408,1605,1215,1249]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382" rank="subSpecies" species="b." subSpecies="diamondi">
<emphasis box="[1408,1605,1215,1249]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">b. diamondi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</taxonomicName>
is extensive, but it lies in an area of dense human population
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1216,1226,1260,1294]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">(</emphasis>
the Eastern Highlands and Chimbu
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where there are no records of living
<emphasis box="[995,1246,1304,1338]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">
<taxonomicName box="[995,1161,1304,1338]" class="Mammalia" family="Tachyglossidae" genus="Zaglossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Monotremata" pageId="15" pageNumber="382" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Zaglossus</taxonomicName>
. The
</emphasis>
westernmost records of
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<emphasis box="[182,301,1348,1382]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">bartoni</emphasis>
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are from unusually low elevation, while all the eastern records of
<emphasis box="[1451,1606,1348,1382]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">diamondi</emphasis>
are from high elevations. It seems possible that these populations once replaced each other elevationally, but the middle elevation zone
<emphasis bold="true" box="[978,988,1436,1470]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">(</emphasis>
where parapatry may have occurred
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1595,1605,1436,1470]" pageId="15" pageNumber="382">)</emphasis>
is now heavily populated and its forests grossly modified or cleared. There is no evidence of intergradation of these subspecies.
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