Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna

Attenborough’s long-beaked echidnaAttenborough’s long-beaked echidna was photographed in the Cyclops Mountains of New Guinea. The researchers identified it using its known range and features such as the forefoot claws.What does it look like?Each forefoot has five claws. The paper uses this feature to distinguish it from Zaglossus bruijnii, which has three or four forefoot claws.How does it live?Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna was photographed in the Cyclops Mountains of New Guinea. The researchers identified it using its known range and features such as the forefoot claws.Camera footage shows nose-pokes left while foraging and a presumed male following a female, interpreted as typical echidna courtship behavior.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.