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Duck-Billed Platypus

Educational resources on Duck-Billed Platypus

Duck-Billed Platypus or Ornithorhynchus anatinus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Duck-Billed Platypus

Academic web links for the Duck-Billed Platypus.


ADW: Ornithorhynchus anatinus: Information: Mammalia Order Monotremata Family Ornithorhynchidae Species Ornithorhynchus
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ornithorhynchus/o._anatinus$narrative.html

ADW: Ornithorhynchus anatinus: Specimens: Ornithorhynchus anatinus (duck-billed platypus). ... duck-billed platypus Ornithorhynchus
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Ornithorhynchus_anatinus.html

The Mammals, Chapter 27: 11. Strictly endothermic homeotherms. 12. Cloaca present only in monotremes
http://www.ossm.edu/biology/mammals.htm

[minstrels] The Diplomatic Platypus -- Patrick Barrington: The Diplomatic Platypus. I had a duck-billed platypus when I was up at Trinity,
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1028.html

Monotreme: A Duck-Billed Platypus. ...
http://tidepool.st.usm.edu/crswr/platypus.html

Platypus: ...au/physiol/mono/Platpage.html. The Duck-Billed Platypus (Orhithorhynchus
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/1999/White/White.htm

1002.31.S2002.synapsids: Hind limbs had upright posture. Monotremes: Only three living species: the
http://talc.geo.umn.edu/courses/1002/Lecture33_synapsids.html

The Canham Honeymoon: Here are some pictures from that. Wombat, Tasmanian Devil. Kangaroos,
http://employeeweb.cgc.maricopa.edu/c/an/canham_m/honeymoon.html

HC Richter: Richter's drawing of the Duck-Billed Platypus, demonstrating his success at handling
http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/gould/collections/richter.htm





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