Attenborough's long-beaked echidna

About Attenborough's long-beaked echidna:

• It is also known as Sir David's long-beaked echidna or the Cyclops long-beaked echidna. It is named in honour of naturalist Sir David Attenborough. 
• It is one of three species from the genus Zaglossusthat inhabits the island of New Guinea. It is the smallest echidna species.
• Habitat: It lives in the Cyclops Mountains, which are near the cities of Sentani and Jayapura in the Indonesian province of Papua.
• Echidnas are nocturnal and shy, making them difficult to find at the best of times.
• It appears so unlike other mammals is because it is a member of the monotremes -- an egg-laying group that separated from the rest of the mammal tree-of-life about 200 million years ago.
• Conservation status
• IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered
• CITES : Appendix II