Platypus

Details
Name:
Platypus
Scientific Name:
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Reference Number:
VTD-066
Description

Order Monotremata (Monotremes); Family Ornithorhynchidae (Platypus); Scientific name: Ornithorhynchus anatinusCommon name: Platypus; Alternative, obsolete common name: Duck-billed Platypus – Digging for worms in a muddy river bank - Distribution in Australia: A unique Australian egg-laying mammal inhabiting rivers and streams of Tasmania and eastern Australia south from Bowen in north-eastern Queensland through eastern New South Wales and most of Victoria (apart from the north-western part of the state) to Lower Glenelg River in south-western Victoria – Note: Apart from an introduced population on Kangaroo Island Platypus is now extinct in South Australia.


Additional Details

Reference Number: VTD-066
Scientific Name: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
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