The supposed fossil platypus " Ornithorhynchus maximus " was based on a humerus of this species.
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Among the monotremes, the duck-billed platypus ( " Ornithorhynchus anatinus " ) has the most acute electric sense.
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For example, platypuses ( " Ornithorhynchus anatinus " ) were once regularly seen in Heron Pond but have now not been seen since 2010.
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A : No U . S . zoo has a platypus ( scientific name : Ornithorhynchus anatinus ), said Hillary Walker of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.
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The "'platypus "'( " Ornithorhynchus anatinus " ) is a semi-aquatic mammal related species have been found in the fossil record.
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To Owen in 1857, this feature together with the extent to which the ornithorhynchus from a Horse : I wonder what a Chimpanzee wd . say to this ? ".
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Page 237 includes : " In " Steropodon ", the mandibular canal suggests the presence of a bill, with a bill also known in " Ornithorhynchus anatinus " ."
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The platypus ( formally called Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) and two species of echidnas ( or spiny anteaters ) are the sole living species of a mammalian order known as the monotremes ( meaning one-holers ).
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In other cases, certain animals were initially considered hoaxes-similar to the initial reception of mounted specimens of the duck-billed platypus " Ornithorhynchus anatinus " in late 18th-century Europe.
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"' David Howells Fleay "'naturalist who pioneered the captive breeding of endangered species, and was the first person to breed the platypus ( " Ornithorhynchus anatinus " ) in captivity.