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What mammal has two bird-like characteristics?
A platypus is a mammal and it has a duck-like bill and duck-like webbed feet.
What is the most common duck to have a band?
platypus
What group of vertebrates does a duck billed platypus belong to?
bird
What is the binomial name for the platypus?
Ornithorhynchus anatinusThe original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like". After realising that the name "platypus" had already be given to a group of beetles, the scientist involved assigned the platypus the scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first word of which means "bird-like snout".
What is homograph for duck?
Duck as in a bird. Duck as in to crouch down to avoid something.
How do you make a platypus in alxemy?
Duck+Beaver=Platypus
Can a duck mate with a platypus?
No, they are different species just like any other species. They are not remotely related; nor are they even the same class of vertebrate. A platypus is a mammal (specifically, a monotreme) while a duck is a bird.
Has a scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus that means bird-snout duck-like?
This description fits the platypus.
Why is a platypus thought to be a bird?
The platypus is not thought to be a bird. It is known to be a mammal. It shares all mammalian characteristics except for the fact that it does not give live birth.It is unusual for being an egg-laying mammal, in the group of animals known as monotremes. It is also considered unusual for its bill, which is actually quite different in size, shape and function to a duck's bill (the term "duck-billed platypus is a misnomer).
Is there a platypus beside the duck billed platypus?
No, the platypus is the only species. It is not actually known as the duck-billed platypus: this is just a nickname which only non-Australians use.
Why are platypus half beaver and half duck?
Neither. A platypus is totally different from either - it lays eggs and has a bill that does not actually even resemble the bill of a duck, as it has completely different functions. The platypus is an egg-laying mammal, or monotreme, in the same family as e echidna. it is not related to the beaver, which is a placental mammal; nor is it related to the duck, which is not a mammal at all, but a bird.
What does the duck make in little alchemy?
duck + beaver = platypus
