Duckbill Platypus
Genus: Ornithorhynchus
Species: anatinus
The duckbill platypus lives in the deciduous forests of Australia. It is about half the size of a house cat. It has a thick covering of hair except for its bill and feet.
Duckbill
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
marsupial: see platypus.
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Platypus - semiaquatic egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Tasmania and E Australia.
Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the duckbill platypus, is a unique mammal native to Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, where it frequents freshwater streams, rivers, lakes, and lagoons.
Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Duckbill dinosaurs, family Hadrosauridae.
Duckbill fishes, family Percophidae.
Duckbill eels, family Nettastomatidae.
Duckbill sleeper (Butis butis)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
American coot (Fulica americana)
Collared plover (Charadrius collaris) ...
Paddlefish, duckbill cat, spadefish and spoonbill cat.
Family Name
Polyodontidae ...
Platypus, or duckbill From the family of (Monotremata), of the most primitive living group of mammals. The closest ally being with the spiny anteater. Found in Australia only, this egg laying mammal, including the 5 or 6 in. tail.
A Duckbilled Eel, Nessorhamphus ingolfianus
A Dusky Butterflyfish at Fly Point
A Dusky Butterflyfish at Halifax Sponge Gardens
A Dusky Morwong at Jervis Bay, New South Wales
A Dusky Morwong at Rapid Bay Jetty ...
That is to say, he believes that, with the exception of the duckbill and the echidna, the mammalian class as a whole can lay claim to descent from small arboreal forms.
Ouranosaurus is a close relative-an ancestor-of the later duckbill dinosaurs. Duck-bills evolved in the Late Cretaceous Period.
Only a few mammals are venomous, including the duckbilled platypus (only males), several species of shrews and the Solenodon (a small insectivore).
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Venomous Mammals: Only a few mammals are venomous, including the duckbilled platypus (males only), several species of shrews, and the Solenodon (a small insectivore).
Mammal Extremes ...
SUBORDER TRACHINOIDEI
Includes swallowers, gapers, sandfishes, sand lances, weeverfishes, stargazers, sand divers, sand burrowers, duckbills, sandperches
SUBORDER PHOLIDICHTHYOIDEI
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This group includes: Monotremes - duckbilled platypus, echidnas, Marsupials - opossums, kangaroos, and Placentals - most other mammals. For more information and additional species, see The Mammals of Texas.
 See also: Burro, Platypus, Trout, Sunfish, Snake
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