Platypus
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| phylum | Chordata | The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semiaquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The unusual appearance of this egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| order | Monotremata | |
| family | Ornithorhynchidae | |
| genus | Ornithorhynchus | |
| species | O. anatinus |
