Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). First Description 1799
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Summary[edit] Description: English: This illustration by Frederick Polydore Nodder is the first published illustration of a platypus. It accompanied George Shaw's 1799 description of the animal in the Naturalist's Miscellany, or Coloured figures of natural objects". London:Nodder & Co. Date: 31 January 1799. Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40321089. Author: Frederick Polydore Nodder.
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- Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)
- Ornithorhynchus
- Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Platypus)
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