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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Published in:Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988, pp. x 274, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra
Synonym Source
Ornithorhynchus novaehollandiae Lacépède, 1800 synonym
Published in:Cassis, G. & Weir, T. A. 1992, "Dynastinae", Ed. Houston, W.W.K. (ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea, vol. 9, pp. 383-425, AGPS, Canberra
Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach, 1800 synonym nom. nov.
Published in:Blumenbach, J.F. 1800, "Über das Schnabelthier (Ornithorhynchus paradoxus) ein neuentdecktes Geschlecht von Säugthieren des fünften Welttheils", Magazin für den Neuesten Zustand der Naturkunde, vol. 2, pp. 205-214
Platypus anatinus Shaw, 1799 synonym
Published in:Turner, S. 1980, "How to attract the wombat - a tale of five days of discovery (with apologies to Harold Cuppy)", Museologie, vol. 5, pp. 45-48
Ornithorhynchus anatinus triton Thomas, 1923 synonym
Published in:Thomas, O. 1923, "The Godman Exploration Fund: List of mammals from north Queensland collected by Mr T.V. Sherrin", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, vol. 11, pp. 170-178
Ornithorhynchus anatinus phoxinus Thomas, 1923 synonym
Published in:Thomas, O. 1923, "The Godman Exploration Fund: List of mammals from north Queensland collected by Mr T.V. Sherrin", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, vol. 11, pp. 170-178
Ornithorhynchus laevis Macgillivray, 1827 synonym
Published in:Macgillivray, W. 1827, "Description of a new species of Ornithorynchus", Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, vol. 6, pp. 127-132
Ornithorhynchus fuscus Péron, 1807 synonym
Published in:Endrödi, S. 1977, "Monographie der Dynastinae. VIII. Tribus: Phileurini (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia)", Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, vol. 41, pp. 93-134
Ornithorhynchus crispus Macgillivray, 1827 synonym
Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron, 1807 synonym
Published in:Péron, F. 1807, pp. xv 498 pp.1 pl. Atlas, Imprimerie Impériale, Paris
Ornithorhynchus brevirostris Ogilby, 1832 synonym
Published in:Ogilby, W. 1832, "On two new species of Mammalia from New Holland", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 1831, pp. 149-151
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
Buubumurr
Dharragarra
Common Name Source
Platypus
Name Source
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) accepted
Ornithorhynchus anatinus inferred accepted

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference

Scientific name reallocated to Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) by taxonomy builder
Identifier Source
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:33293f6d-0179-48f4-a12e-0c0e1ab0aa51 Previous AFD LSID lsid replaced
ALA_Ornithorhynchus_anatinus Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:435922 Scientific Name current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ac61fd14-4950-4566-b384-304bd99ca75f Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ac61fd14-4950-4566-b384-304bd99ca75f Taxon Concept current

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
GNATHOSTOMATA
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
PROTOTHERIA
order
MONOTREMATA
family
ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE
genus
Ornithorhynchus
species
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
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