duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Query: mammals of australia

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Subject:	duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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Duckbill.
Date 1916
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/9133094183
Author Richard Lydekker
Full title Wild life of the world : a descriptive survey of the geographical distribution of animals /
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_life_of_the_world_(Plate_34)_(9133094183).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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