Like all mammals, a platypus has two ears.Platypuses have no external earlobes, so in that sense they have invisible ears. They have external openings to the ear which are located either side of the base of the jaw.
A platypus has four limbs - 2 forelimbs and two hind limbs.
Platypus do not have fingers. Instead, they have webbed feet somewhat similar to ducks and most aquatic birds.
Being a mammal, a platypus has four legs.
Platypuses have 5 toes.
A Platypus has exactly 231 bones.
A platypus has 4 legs.
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A platypus has two eyes.
A platypus has 26 chromosomes.
The platypus has 2 feet.
There is only one genus of the platypus - ornithorhynchus.
The platypus has two lungs, like all mammals do.
Like many semi-aquatic mammals, the platypus has a streamlined body. This enables the platypus to swim and dive faster.
There is just one species of platypus: Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
Like many semi-aquatic mammals, the platypus has a streamlined body. This enables the platypus to swim and dive faster.
From the time a platypus is hatched, it is called a platypus. It makes no difference whether the platypus is a day old, 17 weeks old or a year old. It is still a platypus. There is no official name for a young platypus. Despite what many websites report, a young platypus is not called a puggle.
A platypus's burrow generally has either one or two entrances.
No. The platypus is simply called the platypus. Many non-Australians refer to this animal as the "duck billed platypus" but this is not its correct name.
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