duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

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Subject:	duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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Title: On the anatomy of vertebrates (electronic resource)
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Richard Owen, 1804-1892
Subjects: Anatomy, Comparative; Vertebrates; Fishes; Reptiles; Mammals; Birds
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_anatomy_of_vertebrates_(electronic_resource)_(1866)_(14732307606).jpg

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.

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