Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ornithorhynchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Ordo: Monotremata Superfamilia: Ornithorhynchoidea

Familia: Ornithorhynchidae
Genus: Ornithorhynchus
Species: Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Name

Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, New Holland

Synonymy

• Platypus anatinus Shaw, 1799 (original combination)
• Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach, 1800 [replacement name for Platypus anatinus Shaw, 1799]
• Ornithorhynchus novaehollandiae Lacépède, 1800
• Ornithorhynchus fuscus Péron, 1807
• Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron, 1807
• Ornithorhynchus crispus MacGillivray, 1827
• Ornithorhynchus laevis MacGillivray, 1827 [nom. nov. for Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron, 1807]
• Ornithorhynchus brevirostris Ogilby, 1832
• Ornithorhynchus anatinus phoxinus Thomas, 1923
• Ornithorhynchus anatinus triton Thomas, 1923

References

Primary references

• Shaw, G. 1799. [The Duck-Billed Platypus, Platypus anatinus]. The Naturalist's Miscellany 10: pl. 385-386. BHL.
• Thomas, O. 1923. The Godman Exploration Fund: List of Mammals from North Queensland collected by Mr. T. V. Sherrin. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, ser. 9, 11(61): 170–178. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632835 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page. 

Links

• Ornithorhynchus anatinus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Ornithorhynchus anatinus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ornithorhynchus anatinus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 10 December 2008.

Vernacular names

• aragonés: Ornitorrinco
• العربية: خلد الماء
• беларуская: Качканос
• български: Птицечовка
• বাংলা: প্লাটিপাস
• dansk: Næbdyr
• Deutsch: Schnabeltier
• Ελληνικά: Ορνιθόρυγχος
• English: Duck-billed platypus
• español: Ornitorrinco
• eesti: Nokkloom, Ornitorünhus
• suomi: Vesinokkaeläin
• français: Ornithorynque
• galego: Ornitorrinco
• עברית: ברווזן
• magyar: Kacsacsőrű emlős
• íslenska: Breiðnefur
• italiano: Ornitorinco
• 日本語: カモノハシ
• 한국어: 오리너구리
• македонски: Клунар
• Nederlands: Vogelbekdier
• norsk: Nebbdyr
• polski: Dziobak
• português: Ornitorrinco
• română: Ornitorinc
• русский: Утконос
• svenska: Näbbdjur
• Türkçe: Ornitorenk, Gagalı memeli
• українська: Качкодзьоб
• 中文: 鴨嘴獸

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