FMNH 15636

Credit: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
  • Duck billed Platypus
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Duck billed Platypus skeleton. Hall 19 exhibit case Zoology specimen 15636
FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Monotremata
Family: Ornithorhynchidae
Genus: Ornithorhynchus
Species: anatinus
Field #: 133463
Collector: Ward's Natural Science Establishment
Collection No.: 127
Geography: Oceania, Australia, New South Wales
DWc Country: Australia
Preparations: skull,skel,mounted
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: No
EMu IRN: 2514881
OccurenceID: 198864d9-1df1-46fe-b3c1-e66a194b6b2d
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