The platypus is a distinct and separate species of its own. It is not now, nor has ever been, a mix of any other animals.
No. When the first stuffed platypus was sent back to England for scrutiny, the animal was believed to be a hoax. However, the platypus is not a mixture, a cross-breed or a genetic mutation. It has always been a platypus.
All animals are in the "platypus kingdom", since the kingdom for the platypus is Animalia, which as you might guess from the name includes all animals.
No animals share the same genes as the platypus. To suggest they do would be to suggest the platypus is a mixture of other animals which, or course, it is not.
The platypus, like all animals, is in the kingdom Animalia.
No because it would probably have a platypus bill and a zebra body Yes, a monkey is a cross breed between a Columbian zebra and a American platypus, Hannah McGlamory! Love, Dixon
Beavers are mammals and they can't cross-breed with avians like ducks, so technically crossing these two animals is impossible. However, the platypus is sometimes referred to as a cross between a duck and a beaver because of their appearance.
There is no collective noun for platypus. Platypuses are solitary animals and do not form groups.
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The mammal group to which the platypus belong is monotremata.There are only two animals in that group: the platypus and the echidna, and they are known as monotremes.
Yes. The platypus is certainly one of Australia's native animals.