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
Duck-billed platypuses generally lay two to three eggs. ("Duck-billed Platypus", 2008; Grant and Temple-Smith, 1998; Pasitschniak-Arts and Marinelli, 1998)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ornithorhynchus_anatinus.html

The Duck-Billed Platypus
An educational page with links to websites about the duck-billed platypus , one of nature's strangest creatures.
faculty.mwsu.edu/west/maryann.coe/coe/StudentWork/platypus/platypus.htm

Platypus
The Duck-Billed Platypus (Orhithorhynchus anatinus) is a very unique animal. In addition to being only one of three extant monotreme species, it is also the
www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/1999/White/White.htm

ADW: Ornithorhynchidae: Information
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
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ornithorhynchidae.html

The Duckbill Platypus
Cochise College Student Papers in Geology Geology Home Page physical geology historical geology planetary gems Roger Weller, geology instructor
skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/students/platypus1/duckbill.htm

CompSci 4: Duck-billed platypus
Dr. Duck-billed Platypus . Lee Hewett and Justin Hare . We chose the duck-billed platypus because we found it to be a tremendously strange and unique animal.
www.duke.edu/~jch32/compsci4/webpages/webpages/Platypus.html

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

The Monkey-Eating Eagle
The Monkey-Eating Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi INTRODUCTION. The monkey-eating eagle is the national bird of the Philippines. It lives in the rainforest and builds its nest
lithops.as.arizona.edu/~jill/Cynthia/report.html

Thermal Biology of the Platypus
Body Temperature The platypus maintains a body temperature of 31-32°C (Bethge, 1997). This is lower than the eutherian norm of about 38°C, and was previously thought to
www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/1999/White/thermal.htm

Introduction to the Monotremata
There are only five living monotreme species: the duck-billed platypus and four species of echidna (also known as spiny anteaters). All of them are found only in Australia and New
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/monotreme.html