Yes. The platypus is certainly one of Australia's native animals.
The platypus is native to Australia. It is endemic to the country, meaning it is not found anywhere else.
Yes. The platypus is native to Australia alone.
The platypus is a protected Australian native monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
Platypus are native to Australia
No. The platypus is native to Australia. There have never been platypuses in Britain.
The platypus is native to the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. It is the faunal emblem of New South Wales.
None. Platypuses are native, and endemic, to Australia.
The platypus is native to the eastern states of Australia, which include Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. It is found in freshwater creeks and rivers within native bushland.
* Long-beak echidna - native to New Guinea * Short beak echidna - native to Australia * Platypus - native to Australia
There is only one species of platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) so the kind you find in Eastern Australia and Tasmania is the same one you find everywhere else that it lives. (Of course Eastern Australia and Tasmania is about the only place you will find the platypus in the wild - and note that Tasmania is actually part of Australia.)
As is everything else here on Earth, the platypus is an experiment as well ...However, it must be said that the platypus is not a genetic experiement. The platypus is a "natural" creature, native to Australia, and not a combination of an otter, beaver and duck, despite what many say.