duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Svenska: Näbbdjur
Date 1904
Source Nordisk familjebok (1904), vol.2, Australien
Author Nordisk familjebok
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australisk_fauna,_N%C3%A4bbdjur,_Nordisk_familjebok.jpg
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.