Platypus
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The platypus, sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative of
Duck billed platypus Scottsdale
A book for children published in Germany in 1798
Illustration from the first scientific description in 1799
Colour print from 1863
Monotreme
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Monotremes are mammals of the order Monotremata. They are the only mammals still in existence which lay eggs, rather than bearing live young. The five extant monotreme species are the platypus and the
Platypus
…including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative of its family Ornithorhynchidae and genus Ornithorhynchus, though a number of related species appear in the fossil record. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, mammals that lay eggs instead…
Monotreme collage
Short-beaked echidna
A model of the extinct monotreme Steropodon at the Australian Museum