Ornithorhynchus anatinus

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

Ornithorhynchus anatinus ab Ioanne Gould pictus

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Animalia — Chordata

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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  Ornithorhynchus anatinus
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  Ornithorhynchus natat
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  Ossa Ornithorhynchi

Distributio

Distributio Platypus

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

Notae

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

Bibliographia

• 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

Situs scientifici:  • ITIS • NCBI • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • IUCN Red List • Fossilworks

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Ornithorhynchum anatinum spectant.

Vide "Ornithorhynchum anatinum" apud Vicispecies.

• Platypus-Evolution and Conservation apud Australian museum