duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Query: mammals of australia

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Subject:	duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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Ornithorhynchus paradoxus

Title An ornithorhynchus (duck billed platypus). Coloured etching
Description
An ornithorhynchus (duck billed platypus). Coloured etching by J. F. Cazenave after Vauthier.
Iconographic Collections
Keywords: Vauthier; J. F. Cazenave
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_ornithorhynchus_(duck_billed_platypus)._Coloured_etching_Wellcome_V0021300.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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