duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Title A duck billed platypus (watermole). Colour lithograph after
Description
A duck billed platypus (watermole). Colour lithograph after W. Kuhnert.
Iconographic Collections
Keywords: Wilhelm Kuhnert
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The platypus or duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is one of the extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth.