ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE, Gray, 1825

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Ornithorhynchidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 66-67 : 66

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6621671
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6612103
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD878F-341B-3F0D-FE43-FD9EF866F5F4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE
status

Treatment

Family ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE View in CoL

(PLATYPUS)

* Small-sized streamlined, semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal, with distinctive pliable bill covered with naked moist skin, short limbs, broad flat tail, conspicuously webbed forefeet, and dense fine underfur and coarse overlaying guard hairs.

e 40-60 cm. View Figure

Australasian Region. View Figure

Inland freshwater bodies and associated riparian zones.

1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.

No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.