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Ornithorhynchus anatinus, ( ex: Platypus anatinus Shaw anno 1799 = O. paradoxus Blumenbach anno 1800), (Anglice: Duckbilled Platypus ).
Omnes Ornithorhynchi viventes Australiam et Tasmaniam incolant, olim in aliis partibus. Antiquissima vestigia plus quam decies centena milia annorum habent.
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