What is the platypus's environment?

Answer 1

The platypus lives in Australia, on the banks of freshwater creeks, rivers and lakes.

Within that biome, the platypus can live in a variety of ecosystems within Australia.

• Platypuses can be found in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests
• They can be found in wet or dry sclerophyll forest (bushland)
• They are also found in sub-alpine forests

The platypus lives in burrows it digs in the banks of freshwater creeks, rivers and dams.

Because it needs fresh water, its biome is not"marine".

Answer 2

Platypuses live near freshwater creeks and rivers in heavily wooded and protected regions of eastern Australia. Their environment is bushland as well as tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests. They are found from the cooler sub-alpine areas in the south, such as Victoria and the Tasmanian highlands, north through New South Wales to tropical far north Queensland.

They do not tend to live in wetlands, contrary to popular belief, as wetlands environments do not usually provide the steep, stable riverbanks they need to create their long burrows.

Answer 3

Platypuses live in bushland as well as tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests.

The platypus's environment is found throughout eastern coastal Australia and its island state of Tasmania, particularly within heavily wooded and protected regions. Platypuses are found from the cooler sub-alpine areas in the south, such as Victoria and the Tasmanian highlands, north through New South Wales to tropical far north Queensland.

Platypuses live in burrows that they dig on the banks of freshwater creeks, rivers, lakes and dams. The female digs a chamber at the end of a long burrow where she shelters her young.

Answer 4

Platypuses live near freshwater creeks and rivers in heavily wooded and protected regions of eastern Australia. Their habitat is bushland as well as tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests. They are found from the cooler sub-alpine areas in the south, such as Victoria and the Tasmanian highlands, north through New South Wales to tropical far north Queensland.