Animal Pictures Archive mobile
Query: Mammals of australiaResult: 62nd of 302
duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Subject: duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Poster: Wiki Photos (---@---.---)
The wild beasts of the world (Plate 46) (8116065976).jpg
Resolution: 3056x2106 File Size: 1101591 Bytes Upload Date: 2017:06:06 18:51:11

duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)


Duck-billed Platypus By Louis A. Sargent
Date 1909
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/8116065976
Author Frank Finn
Full title The wild beasts of the world / by Frank Finn ; illustrated with 100 reproductions in full colours from drawings by Louis Sargent, Cuthbert E Swan, and Winifred Austin.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_wild_beasts_of_the_world_(Plate_46)_(8116065976).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.

Mammals of australia
62/302
| Mobile Home | New Photos | Random | Funny | Films | Korean |
^o^ Animal Pictures Archive for smart phones ^o^