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--> FAMILY Ornithorhynchidae
GENUS Ornithorhynchus
| Author: | Blumenbach, 1800. | | Citation: | Gotting. Gelehrt. Anz., 1: 609. | | Type Species: | Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach, 1800 (= Platypus anatinus Shaw, 1799). | | Comments: | Platypus Shaw, 1799 was preoccupied by Platypus Herbst, 1793, a genus of Coleoptera. Ornithorynchus is the next available name. |
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| Offspring: SPECIES anatinus | Synonyms:
Dermipus Wiedermann, 1800
Platypus Shaw, 1799
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