Ornithorhynchus anatinus[1] est mammal familiae Ornithorhynchidarum ordinis Monotrematorum.

Ornithorhynchus anatinus ab Ioanne Gould pictus

Subphylum : Vertebrata 
Superclassis : Tetrapoda 
Classis : Mammalia 
Subclassis : Prototheria 
Ordo : Monotremata 
Subordo : Platypoda 
Familia : Ornithorhynchidae 
Genus : Ornithorhynchus 
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
(Shaw, 1799)   

Pinacotheca

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Distributio

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Distributio Platypus

Omnes Ornithorhynchi viventes Australiam et Tasmaniam incolunt, olim in aliis partibus. Antiquissima vestigia plus quam decies centena milia annorum habent.

  1. Olim Platypus anatinus, nomen a Shaw anno 1799 factum = O. paradoxus Blumenbach anno 1800.

Bibliographia

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  • Augee, Michael L. 2001. Platypus. World Book Encyclopedia.
  • Burrell, H. 1974. The Platypus. Adelaide: Rigby.
  • Marshall, Ben. 2002. The Amazing Duckbilled Platypus. Novi Eboraci: New York Publishers.
  • Grant, Tom. 1995. The platypus: a unique mammal. Sydneiae: University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 0-86840-143-9.
  • Griffiths, Mervyn. 1978. The Biology of the Monotremes. Academic Press.
  • Hutch, Michael, et Melissa C. McDade, eds. 2004. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. Detroit: Gale.
  • Moyal, Ann. 2001. Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World. Vasingtoniae: Smithsonian Books. ISBN 1-56098-977-7.
  • Strahan, R. 1995. The Mammals of Australia. New South Wales: Reed Books.
  • Groves, C. P. 1993. Order Monotremata. In Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) Mammal Species of the World, Ed. 2a.. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.: 13.
  • Groves, C. P. 2005. Order Monotremata. In Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) Mammal Species of the World, Ed. 3a. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.: 1-2.

Nexus externi

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