duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Query: mammals of australia

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Subject:	duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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GENERA MAMMALIUM
MONOTREMATA. Lám. II.
A. Cabrera pi,
ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE
Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
Date 1919
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6260709968
Author Angel Cabrera; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Spain); Spain.
Full title Genera mammalium, por Angel Cabrera. Monotremata, Marsupialia (con 19 láminas en color)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genera_mammalium_(6260709968).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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