The Platypus
- ISBN-10
- 0868401374
- ISBN-13
- 9780868401379
- Series
- The Platypus
- Category
- Nature / Animals / Mammals
- Pages
- 76
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- New South Wales University Press
- Author
- Tom Grant
Description
The Australian Museum presents the full text of a fact sheet entitled "Platypus." The fact sheet discusses platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), a mammal in Australia. The fact sheet also highlights what the fossils show about platypus, the evolutionary history of the platypus, and the implications for conservation of the platypus.
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