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  • There are 400 vertebrate taxa including 52 native mammals plus 13 introductions, 265 birds, 63 reptiles, more than 30 frogs, and unusual species such as the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus and echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus aculeatus.

    Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

  • Unusual species such as the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus live in the Greater Blue Mountains Area.

    Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

  • If moving from monotreme dreams to 'treme genes leaves you hungry for more information on Ornithorhynchus anatinus, reread this old Jurisdynamics post, Monotremata. posted by Jim Chen at 1:46 AM

    The platypus genome 2008

  • If moving from monotreme dreams to 'treme genes leaves you hungry for more information on Ornithorhynchus anatinus, reread this old Jurisdynamics post, Monotremata. posted by Jim Chen at 1:46 AM

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • The platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the enigmatic “duck”-billed mammal of Australia, puzzled zoologists for more than a century, especially with its anatomy and reproduction.

    Archive 2006-06-01 AYDIN 2006

  • Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the duck-billed platypus.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Ornithorhynchus anatinus duck-billed platypus, 137, 293

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the duck-billed platypus.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Ornithorhynchus anatinus duck-billed platypus, 137, 293

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The Platypus (_Ornithorhynchus anatinus_, Shaw) has for many years been so great a subject of interest to the zoological world that little is left to detail.

    The History of Tasmania, Volume I John West 1840

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