Sir David's long-beaked #echidna (#Zaglossus #attenboroughi):

Sequences in #genebank: 0

Eastern long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus #bartoni):

Sequences in genebank: 0

So, that's why you've never seen a molecular #phylogenetic tree representing all five living #monotreme species.

Läheltä piti, ettei nokkasiilin ainoa tunnettu koti Kyklooppivuoret mennyt:

"During the Second World War the American army cleared most of the hill tops around Lake #Sentani to avoid sudden attacks by the Japanese. Since then the forest never recovered and the hills still show their bare tops. Fortunately the #Cyclop Mountains were spared."

https://www.papua-insects.nl/about%20Papua/Cyclops/Cyclop%20Mountains.htm

#CyclopMountains #Attenborough's long-beaked #echidna #Zaglossus #attenboroughi

Papua Insects Foundation (Cyclop Mountains)

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