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duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Ornithorhynchus fuscus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Leach, Misc. Zool. vol.II, p.136, tab.111
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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. |