duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

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Subject:	duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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Image from page 340 of -Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;- (1900) (14598500368).jpg

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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
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_from_page_340_of_%22Introduction_to_zoology;_a_guide_to_the_study_of_animals,_for_the_use_of_secondary_schools;%22_(1900)_(14598500368).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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