duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

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Subject:	duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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Comparative zoology, structural and systematic - for use in schools and colleges (1883) (20483139588).jpg

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duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Fig. 331. — Ornithorhynchus.

Title: Comparative zoology, structural and systematic : for use in schools and colleges
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: James Orton, 1830-1877; Birge, E. A. (Edward Asahel Birge), 1851-1950
Subjects: Zoology; Anatomy, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative
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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.

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