What is Eastern long-beaked echidna?
{{speciesbox | name = Eastern long-beaked echidna<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Monotremata | id = 10300012 | page = 1}}</ref> | image = Zaglossus bartoni - MUSE.JPG | image_caption = [[replica]] at [[MUSE - Science Museum]] in [[Trento]] | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|author=Leary, T.|author2=Seri, L.|author3=Flannery, T.|author4=Wright, D.|author5=Hamilton, S.|author6=Helgen, K.|author7=Singadan, R.|author8=Menzies, J.|author9=Allison, A.|author10=James, R.|display-authors=|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136552/0|title=''Zaglossus bartoni''|accessdate=28 December 2008}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as critically endangered.</ref> | genus = Zaglossus | species = bartoni | authority = ([[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1907) | range_map = Eastern Long-beaked Echidna area.png | range_map_caption = Eastern long-beaked echidna range }} The '''eastern long-beaked echidna''' (''Zaglossus bartoni''), also known as '''Barton's long-beaked echidna''', is one of three species from the genus ''[[Zaglossus]]''. All of them occur in [[New Guinea]]. It is found mainly in [[Papua New Guinea]] between 2000 and 3000 meters above sea level. It can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the number of claws on the fore and hind feet. It has five claws on its fore feet and four on its hind feet. The adult animal weights between 5&nbsp;kg (11&nbsp;lb) and 10&nbsp;kg (22&nbsp;lb). Its body length ranges from 60 to 100&nbsp;cm (23.5-39 inches). It has no tail. It has dense black fur. The species is the largest [[monotreme]] and is slow moving. It rolls into a spiny ball for defense. There are four recognised subspecies: * ''Z. bartoni bartoni'' * ''Z. bartoni clunius'' * ''Z. bartoni smeenki'' * ''Z. bartoni diamondi'' The population of each subspecies is geographically isolated and they can be distinguished primarily by differences in body size. == References == {{reflist}} * Flannery, T.F. and Groves, C.P. 1998 A revision of the genus