Authorship

Original name

Goldfuss, 1809. Vergl. Naturb. Säugth., xix, 308.

Homonyms

Senior homonym (unavailable)	:	*Acanthonotus* (Genus) Cuvier, 1800, nom. nud.	Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008]. [implicit]
Junior homonym	:	*Acanthonotus* (Genus) Ross, 1835, nom. illeg.	Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [16 Sep 2011]. [implicit]
Junior homonym	:	*Acanthonotus* (Genus) Nalepa, 1889, nom. illeg.	Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008]. [implicit]
Junior homonym	:	*Acanthonotus* (Genus) Koch, 1839, nom. illeg.	Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008]. [implicit]

Accepted name

Tachyglossus (Genus) Illiger, 1811

Ref: MSW, 1993