| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 |
| subdivisio | Deuterostomia - deuterostomes |
| phylum | Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates |
| subphylum | Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates |
| infraphylum | Gnathostomata Zittel, 1879 - jawed vertebrates |
| superclassis | Tetrapoda Gaffney, 1979 - four-limbed vertebrates |
| class | Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals |
| subclass | Prototheria Gill, 1872 |
| order | Tachyglossa (Gill, 1872) McKenna, 1993 |
| family | Tachyglossidae Gill, 1872 - echidnas |
| genus | Zaglossus Gill, 1877 |
| species | Zaglossus bartoni Thomas, 1907 - Eastern Long-beaked Echidna |
| subspecies | Zaglossus bartoni clunius Thomas & W. Rothschild, 1922 |