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duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
FIG. 296. — Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the duckbill. After Vogt and Specht.
Title: Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Charles Benedict Davenport, 1866-1944; Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport, 1866-
Subjects: Zoology
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The platypus or duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is one of the extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth. |