duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS
Nature neighbors, embracing birds, plants, animals, minerals, in natural colors by color photography,
Date 1914
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6276960076
Author Abbott, Gerard Alan.; Banta, Nathaniel Moore; Higley, William Kerr; Schneider, Albert
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nature_neighbors_(Page_230)_(6276960076).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.