Explore: Platypus (insect)

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia

Obdurodon is a genus of extinct platypus-like Australian monotreme which lived from the Late Oligocene to the Late Miocene. Three species have been described

Australia and New Guinea. The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus are the only living mammals that lay eggs and the only surviving members

Platypus apicalis, known by its common name the New Zealand pinhole boring beetle, is a wood-boring beetle endemic to New Zealand and found throughout

legs of the male platypus, and the cnidocyte tentacles of the jellyfish. Arthropods portal Bee sting Cnidocyte Chelicerae Forcipule Insect bite Schmidt Sting

(Fabricius, 1792) Platypus contaminatus Platypus gracilis Platypus hamatus Platypus kiushuensis Platypus lewisi Platypus modestus Platypus parallelus (Fabricius

The pale chub (Zacco platypus), also known as pale bleak or fresh-water sprat, is one of the most extensively distributed Asiatic cyprinids and is found

ancestral feature among mammals, as venomous spurs akin to those of the modern platypus are found in most non-therian Mammaliaformes groups. Venom is much more

Modified sweat glands are what evolved into platypus venom glands. Although it is proven that reptile and platypus venom have independently evolved, it is

disease Ambrosia beetles on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site Platypus spp., ambrosia beetles Xylosandrus crassiusculus, Asian (or granulate)