Species profile—Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus)

Classification

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals) → Ornithorhynchidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&family=ornithorhynchidae ) (platypus) → Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus)

Sighting data

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KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=836&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=836&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=836 )

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (animals)
Class
Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals)
Family
Ornithorhynchidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&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 ( https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/biota/fauna/fauna-indicator-species/ )
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Venomous

Other resources

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=836 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=836 ).

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.