Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach 1800

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Monotremata, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1-2 : 2

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scientific name	Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach 1800
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Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach 1800

Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach 1800 , Gotting. Gelehrt. Anz., 1: 609.

Type Species: Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach 1800

Synonyms: Dermipus Wiedermann 1800 ; Platypus Shaw 1799 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw 1799)

Discussion: Platypus Shaw, 1799 was preoccupied by Platypus Herbst, 1793 , a genus of Coleoptera . Ornithorynchus is the next available name.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Monotremata
Family	Ornithorhynchidae

Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach 1800

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Ornithorhynchus

Blumenbach 1800: 609

1800

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