Note 130 — Chapter IV · SUB-ORDER—MONOTREMATA.[129]
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Echidna hystrix (Cuvier). Much confusion has been produced by Illiger, who changed the generic title to Tachyglossus, ταχύς, quick, and γλῶσσα, tongue; but the name given by Cuvier must stand, except in the minds of those zoologists who delight in novelties, and believe that the use of long words carries wisdom. Lately more confusion has been produced by the introduction of the generic term Acanthoglossus, which we do not admit or use.