Ornithorhynchus anatinus

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

Ornithorhynchus anatinus ab Ioanne Gould pictus

Animalia — Chordata

Subphylum : Vertebrata
Superclassis : Tetrapoda
Classis : Mammalia
Subclassis : Prototheria
Ordo : Monotremata
Subordo : Platypoda
Familia : Ornithorhynchidae
Genus : Ornithorhynchus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus
(Shaw, 1799)

Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Ornithorhynchus natat
Ossa Ornithorhynchi

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.

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