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Огде МОМОТКЕМАТА. 
Fam. ECHIDNIDAE. 
315. Proechidna bruijni PETERS en Doria. 
Syn. Acanthoglossus bruijnii Gervais; Bruijnia tridactyla 
А. Dubois; Proechidna bruijnii Gervais; Pr. villosissima A. 
Dusois; Tachyglossus bruijnii PETERS en Doria. 
Inl. namen. Nokdiak. 
Verspreiding. Nieuw-Guinea ( Arfak). 
Maten. Lengte van kop en romp 30 cM. 
Dit stekelvogelbekdier is dicht behaard met wolachtige 
bruine haren, waartusschen een gering aantal dunne, korte 
en witgekleurde stekels verspreid voorkomen. Het dier wordt 
ter wille van het vleesch door de inboorlingen gejaagd. 
316. Proechidna nigro-aculeata ROTHSCHILD. 
Verspreiding. Nieuw-Guinea (Charles-Louis-gebergte). 
Maten. Lengte 78 cM. | 
In de P. Z. S. L. 1892, p. 545 wordt het volgende 
vermeld: 
It differs from Pr. bruijni in its much larger size, extremely 
robust limbs, and much shorter claws. Another great point 
of difference lies in the hair, for while Pr. bruijni is covered 
with dense woolly brown hair, in which are imbedded the 
few and scattered spines, in the form before us the hair is 
long, bristly, and very sparingly sprinkled over the body, 
the legs being almost bare. In the new form the spines 
are almost as numerous as in Echidna aculeata, but are of 
great length and thickness and of a horny black colour; 
while in Pr. bruijni they are very few in number, short, 
thin, and of a pure white colour. 
