The most well-known species of this genus of monotremes is the platypus.
Ornithorhynchus Anatinus is just the scientific name for the Platypus.
The scientific name for the platypus is ornithorhynchus anatinus.
Yes. Ornithorhynchus anatinus is the scientific name for the platypus, which is a mammal, and a monotreme.
There is only one type of platypus. Ornithorhynchus Anatinus is merely its scientific name.
Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Ornithorhynchus Anatinus is just the scientific name for the Platypus.
The scientific name of the platypus is Ornithorhynchus anatinus. The 'Ornithorhynchus' part means "bird-like snout". This is in reference to the platypus's unusual bill.
A platypus is an egg laying mammal, or monotreme. Its actual species name is Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
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".
Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:MonotremataFamily:OrnithorhynchidaeGenus:OrnithorhynchusBlumenbach, 1800Species:O. anatinus
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