WESTERN LONG-BEAKED ECHIDNA Zaglossus bruijnii (Peters & Doria, 1876) (CR)

MZUT T405 (1010); mount; unsexed ad.; Torres Strait, Australia; 1866; Voyage of the Pirocorvetta “Magenta”, donation by Mr. Teijsman.

Remarks: The specimen was obtained during the circumnavigation voyage by the Italian Warship Magenta . On 2 May 1866, Enrico H. Giglioli and Filippo Defilippi visited the Botanical Garden of Bogor (Java, Indonesia), where its Director Johannes Elias Teijsmann (1808- 1882) gave them some specimens of “rare animals” (Giglioli 1876).