PLATYPUS

SCIENTIFIC NAME

CLASSIFICATION

• Kingdom: Anamalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Monotremata
• Family: Ornithorhynchidae
• Genus: Ornithorhynchus
• Species: O. Anatinus

WHERE ARE THEY FOUND?

• All over Australia
• Also in Tasmania

REQUIREMENTS FOR SURVIVAL

ECOSYSTEM

• Moist environment
• Tropical
• Terrestrial
• Freshwater
• Make burrows near streams

PLACE IN THE ECOSYSTEM

• Eat a lot of a shrimp, crayfish, worms, etc
• Hunted by animals such as snakes and large birds

THREATS TO SURVIVAL

• Habitat destruction
• Bigger animals, but very few

FUN FACTS

• Contain a very toxic venom in their feet
• They swim underwater with their eyes closed, so they get prey by sensing electrical currents from their movements
• They can eat their entire body weight in one day
• A platypus is featured on the Australian 20c coin
• They use gravel in mud to chew food
• Only mammals who lay eggs instead of live birth
• And....

It's on the show Phineas and Ferb as their crime fighting pet

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SOURCES

• PlatypusSPOT." PlatypusSPOT. Web. 29 Oct. 2015.
• ypuses, Platypus Pictures, Platypus Facts - National Geographic." National Geographic. Web
• Bradford, By. "Platypus Facts." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 4 Aug. 2014. Web. 29 Oct