duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Deutsch: Kupferstich, altkoloriert. Vierf. Thiere. LXV. Herausgegeben und verlegt von Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822) im 12-bändigen "Bilderbuch für Kinder", Weimar um 1800.
Date circa 1800
Source Collection Kuhn
Author Unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrich_Justin_Bertuch,_Vierf._Thiere._LXV_(um_1800).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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Description		duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Deutsch: Kupferstich, altkoloriert. Vierf. Thiere. LXV. Herausgegeben und verlegt von Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822) im 12-bändigen "Bilderbuch für Kinder", Weimar um 1800. Date circa 1800 Source Collection Kuhn Author Unknown Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrich_Justin_Bertuch,_Vierf._Thiere._LXV_(um_1800).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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