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Platypus - A Very Special Australian - English
URL: http://www.platypus.asn.au/

Offical website of the Australian Platypus Conservancy - platypus facts, esearch and conservation news.conservation.

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The Duck-billed Platypus - English
URL: http://people.clemson.edu/~jwfoltz/WFB300/subjects/platypus/platypus.htm

The platypus is the only member of its family. Other members of the Order Monotrema are the Echidnas. The name Monotrema comes from the fact that Echidnas and the platypus use the same opening for reproduction and elimination of waste products; an attribute of reptiles.

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Platypus - English
URL: http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/albania/323/

Platypus research: description.

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xrefer - duck-billed platypus - English
URL: http://www.xrefer.com/entry/502401

An aquatic monotreme mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania. Platypuses grow to 55 cm long and have webbed feet. They use their broad flat toothless beak for sieving invertebrates from stream bottoms.

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Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Duck-Billed Platypus): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ornithorhynchus/o._anatinus$narra

Geographic Range, Physical Characteristics, Natural History.

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Duck-billed Platypus - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/monotremata.ornithorhynchidae.ornithorhync

The single living genus and species, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, inhabits freshwater streams, lakes, and lagoons of eastern Australia, in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania (Griffiths 1978).

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Order: Monotremata - English
URL: http://virtualmuseumofnaturalhistory.com/halloftaxonomy/kingdomanimalia/monotrem

Monotremes - duck-billed platypus and echidnas or spiny anteaters first appeared in the Pleistocene Period. They are currently found in Australia and New Guinea and reproduce by by shelled eggs, incubated by female. There is no organized nipple as the milk flows from mammary ducts onto the fur of the abdomen. The adults are toothless and the rostrum is covered with horny beak.

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Monotremata - English
URL: http://www.savci.upol.cz/ptakorit.htm

Ptakořitní jsou velmi starobylou skupinou savců. Mísí se u nich znaky savců a plazů. Jak již napovídá latinský název (Monotremata), mají jeden společný vývod pro močovody, střevo a pohlavní orgány - kloaku. Výstižněji by se měli česky jmenovat "plazořitní".

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Platypus - A-to-Z Science - DiscoverySchool.com - English
URL: http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozscience/p/434520.html

Platypus, is one of only two mammals that reproduce by laying eggs. A-to-Z Science is brought to you by DiscoverySchool.com and powered by World Book Online.

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Monotremes - Order Monotremata - English
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/mammal/monotreme.html

Photo. Order Monotremata is a small and unique order of mammals placed by themselves in the subclass Prototheria. There are only 3 living species of monotremes — one species of duck-billed platypus and two species of echidna.

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Family: Ornithorhynchidae - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/monotremata/ornithorhync

This family consists of a single genus and species, the duck-billed platypus. Often considered the most unique and bizarre of mammals, the duck-billed platypus uses receptors sensitive both to tactile stimulation and weak electrical fieldsto sense prey when digging under water.

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Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) - English
URL: http://www.rentcomputers.com/platwhat.html

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Online Resource Guide: Etymology, Bibliography, Links.

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