There is just one species of platypus.
A male platypus is 50-60 cm in length, whilst the female is smaller, averaging 40-50 cm in length. They are very lightly built creatures, with females weighing as little as 900 grams, and males around 2kg.
Platypuses are fairly constant in their size. A male platypus is larger than a female, being 50-60 cm in length, and weighs around 2kg.
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinusThe original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like". After realising that the name "platypus" had already be given to a group of beetles, the scientist involved assigned the platypus the scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first word of which means "bird-like snout".
A Platypus is not a primate.
No. The platypus is not a hoarder.
The platypus should not be called anything else. It is just a platypus. It is not a duckbilled platypus, or any other such misnomer.
The platypus is called the platypus wherever one happens to be in Australia.
The platypus's nostrils are on its bill.
a platypus is at least 34%
There is no such thing as a locomotion platypus.
Waiting for a platypus? haha