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Species profile—Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Ornithorhynchidae (platypus) → Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)
Scientific name
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Common name
platypus
Type reference
Shaw, G. (1799). Platypus anatinus. The Duck-billed Platypus. The Naturalist's Miscellany: containg accurate and elegant coloured figures of the most curious and beautiful productions in nature; with descriptions in Latin and English in the Linnaen manner. To which are added descriptions more at large and calclated for general information. Vol. 10 No. 118 London : F.P. Nodder & Co. 7 unnumbered pages of text pls 385-386.
WildNet taxon ID
836
Alternate name(s)
duck-billed platypus
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
SL
Conservation significant
Yes
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Venomous

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=836.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Last updated
20 May 2024