Platypuses do not actually live in any rivers. They live alongside a variety of freshwater rivers through Australia's eastern states, as they dig burrows in the bnaks of creeks and rivers. The rivers are too many to list: in New South Wales alone, platypuses are believed to be living by all rivers which flow east from the rivers Great Dividing Range, and in the upper reaches of thirteen of the state's westward-flowing rivers.
Platypuses are common throughout Tasmanian waterways, while in South Australia they are found by creeks and rivers on Kangaroo Island, and occasionally are reported in the Riverland area of the Murray River.
Platypuses are believed to be found along 26 of Victoria's 31 river systems. They are most common in parts of the Goulburn and Ovens River catchments and waterways in the Otway Ranges and East Gippsland. Platypuses have been reported occasionally downstream of Echuca in the Murray River. There are not thought to be any in rivers along the Portland Coast.
In Queensland, they are plentiful along eastward-flowing rivers south of Cooktown right down to the New South Wales border. They have also been reported in the headwaters of three of the five river systems which feed the Murray-Darling Basin in the upper reaches. They are not known in any of the waterways which flow into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The platypus lives only in fresh water. They cannot live in stagnant water, but require unpolluted water.
platypus
Platypuses obtain their water from the freshwater creeks and rivers near which they live.
A platypus.
Burrows that are partly under water.
Platypuses do not live in water, but they need water in which to find their food. They can live indefinitely out of the water, but would die within weeks if they could not feed.
Platypuses do not live in water, but they need water in which to find their food. They can live indefinitely out of the water, but would die within weeks if they could not feed.
aquatic mammals EG: platypus & Dolphin
Well I guess a platypus and beaver.
why do you live
No. The platypus can only live near fresh water. In reality, platypuses do not live in water at all. They live in dry burrows in freshwater riverbanks and creek banks, and hunt for food in the water.
No. The platypus is a solitary animal.
A platypus will live near fresh water. It will need access to a river or lake, as that is where it spends a majority of its time. It will also need land nearby with some shrubbery or brush for cover.