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Species Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)

Platypus

 

Introduction

A special issue, the Australian Journal of Zoology Volume 57(3, 4): 294 pp., is devoted to papers on the platypus.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Amphibious, burrower, coastal, crepuscular, estuary, freshwater, montane, noctidiurnal, oviparous, predator, solitary, subtropical, temperate, territorial, tropical.

Extra Ecological Information

Predominantly solitary.

 

General References

Augee, M.L. (ed.) 1978. Monotreme biology. Proceedings of a symposium held in Sydney, May 1978. The Australian Zoologist 20: 1-257

Augee, M.L. (ed.) 1992. Platypus and Echidnas. Mosman : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 296 pp.

Bick, J.A.E. 1992. The meiotic chain of chromosomes of Monotremata. pp. 64-68 in Augee, M.L. (ed.). Platypus and Echidnas. Mosman : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 296 pp.

Burrell, H. 1927. The Platypus its discovery, zoological position, form and characteristics, habits, life history, etc. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 227 pp. 35 pls.

Carrick, F.N. 1995. Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. pp. 36-38 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Collins, [D.] 1802. An Account of the English Colony of New South Wales, from its first settlement, in January 1788, to August 1801 …. London : T. Cadell jun. & W. Davies 2 xvi 336 pp.

Collins, W.R. 1973. Monotremes and Marsupials a Reference for Zoological Institutions. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press vi 323 pp.

Connolly, J.H., Obendorf, D.L., Whittington, R.J. & Muir, D.B. 1998. Causes of morbidity and mortality in platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Tasmania, with particular reference to Mucor amphibiorum infection. Australian Mammalogy 20: 177-187

de Plater, G., Martin, R.L. & Milburn, P.J. 1995. A pharmacological and biochemical investigation of the venom from the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Toxicon 33: 157-169

Ellem, B.A., Bryant, A. & O'Connor, A. 1998. Statistical modelling of platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) habitat preferences using generalised linear models. Australian Mammalogy 20: 281-285

Evans, B.K., Jones, D.R., Baldwin, J. & Gabbott, G.R.J. 1994. Diving ability of the platypus. Australian Journal of Zoology 42: 17-27

Finnie, E.P. & Thomas, D.E. 1982. Management of monotremes at Taronga Zoo, Sydney. pp. 1-3 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.

Fish, F.E., Baudinette, R.V., Frappell, P.B. & Sarre, M.P. 1997. Energetics of swimming by the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus: metabolic effort associated with rowing. Journal of Experimental Biology 200: 2647-2652

Gardner, J.L. & Serena, M. 1995. Spatial organisation and movement patterns of adult male platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Monotremata : Ornithorhynchidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 91-103

Gemmell, N.J., Grant, T.R., Western, P.S., Walmsley, J.et al. 1995. Determining platypus relationships. Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 283-292

Gemmell, N.J., Grant, T.R., Western, P.S., Wamsley, J., Watson, J.M., Murray, N.D. & Graves, J.A.M. 1994. Determining platypus relationships. Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 283-291

Grant, T.R. 1983. Behavioral ecology of monotremes. pp. 360–394 in Eisenberg, J.F. & Kleiman, D.G. (eds) Advances in the Study of Mammalian Behavior. The American Society of Mammalogists. Spec. Publ. No. 7.

Grant, T.R. 1993. The past and present freshwater fishery in New South Wales and the distribution and status of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. The Australian Zoologist 29: 105-113

Grant, T.R. & Bishop, K.A. 1998. Instream flow requirements for the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): a review. Australian Mammalogy 20: 267-280

Grant, T.R. & Temple-Smith, P.D. 1998. Growth of nestling and juvenile platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Australian Mammalogy 20: 221-230

Grant, T.R. & Whittington, R.J. 1991. The use of freeze branding and implantation transponder tags as a permanent marking method for platypuses Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Monotremata: Ornithorhynchidae). Australian Mammalogy 14: 147-150

Gregory, J.E., Iggo, A., McIntyre, A.K. & Proske, U. 1989. Responses of electroreceptors in the platypus bill to steady and alternating potentials. Journal of Physiology 408: 391-404

Gruber, J.W. 1991. Does the platypus lay eggs? The history of an event in science. Archives of Natural History 18: 51-123

Gust, N. & Handasyde, K. 1995. Seasonal variation in the ranging behaviour of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) on the Goulbourn River, Victoria. Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 283-291

Hale, H.M. & Somerville, J.D. 1942. The platypus in South Australia. South Australian Naturalist 21: 11-12 (locality records)

Hawkins, M. & Fanning, D. 1992. Courtship and mating behaviour of captive platypuses at Taronga Zoo. pp. 106-114 in Augee, M.L. (ed.). Platypus and Echidnas. Mosman : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 296 pp.

Hawkins, M.R. 1998. Time and space sharing between platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in captivity. Australian Mammalogy 20: 195-205

Hughes, R.L. 1993. Monotreme development with particular reference to the extraembryonic membranes. Journal of Experimental Zoology 266: 480-494

Jabukowski, J.M., New, N.P., Stone, G.M. & Jones, R.C. 1998. Reproductive seasonality in female platypuses, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, in the Upper Barnard River, New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 20: 207-213

Janke, A., Gemmell, N.J., Feldmaierfuchs, G., von Haeseler, A. & Paabo, S. 1996. The mitochondrial genome of a monotreme - the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Journal of Molecular Evolution 42: 153-159

Krubitzer, L., Manger, P., Pettigrew, J. & Calford, M. 1995. Organization of the somatosensory cortex in monotremes - in search of the prototypical plan. Journal of Comparative Neurology 351: 261-306

Kruuk, H. 1993. The diving behaviour of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in waters with different trophic status. Journal of Applied Ecology 30: 592-598

Manger, P.R. & Pettigrew, J.D. 1995. Electroreception and the feeding behaviour of platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 347: 359-382

Marshall, B. 1992. Late Pleistocene human exploitation of the platypus in southern Tasmania. pp. 268-276 in Augee, M.L. (ed.). Platypus and Echidnas. Mosman : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 296 pp.

Murray, P. 1984. Furry egg-layers: the monotreme radiation. pp. 571-583 in Archer, M. & Clayton, G. (eds). Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia — Animals in Space & Time. Carlisle : Hesperian Press.

Musser, A.M. 1998. Evolution, biogeography and palaeontology of the Ornithorhynchidae. Australian Mammalogy 20: 147-162

New, N.P., Jabukowski, J.M., Stone, G.M. & Jones, R.C. 1998. Seasonal pattern of androgen secretion in the male platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, in the Upper Barnard River, New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 20: 215-220

Obendorf, D.L., Peel, B.F. & Munday, B.L. 1993. Mucor amphibiorum infection in platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Tasmania. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29: 458-487

Proske, U., Gregory, J.E. & Iggo, A. 1998. A review of recent developments in the study of electroreception in the platypus. Australian Mammalogy 20: 163-170

Rowe, M.J. & Bohringer, R.C. 1992. Functional organisation of the cerebral cortex in monotremes. pp. 177-193 in Augee, M.L. (ed.). Platypus and Echidnas. Mosman : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 296 pp.

Scheich, H., Langner, G.,Tidemann, C., Coles, R.B. & Guppy, A. 1986. Electroreception and electrolocation in platypus. Nature (London) 319: 401-402

Serena, M. 1994. Use of time and space by platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus: Monotremata) along a Victorian stream. Journal of Zoology, London 232: 117-132

Serena, M., Thomas, J.L., Williams, G.A. & Officer, R.C.E. 1998. Use of stream and river habitats by the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in an urban fringe environment. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 267-283

Strauch, A. 1859. De loco monotrematibus in systemate zoologico assignando et de ornithorhynchi anatini Shaw. Calcari. Dissertatio inauguralis quam consensu et auctoritate gratiosi medicorum ordinis in universitate literarum caesarea dorpatensi ad gradum doctoris medicinae rite adipiscendum loco consueto palam difendet. Adjectis commentationum de monotrematibus scriptarum indice et tabula lithorgraphica. Dorpati. Livonorum : Henrici Laakmanni 100 pp. 1 pl. (classification, bibliography)

Tanaka, Y., Eishi, Y. & Morris, B. 1988. Splenic hemopoiesis of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): evidence of primary hemopoiesis in the spleen of a primitive mammal. American Journal of Anatomy 181: 401-405

Tsujii, T., Inoue, S., Naora, H. & Seno, S. 1992. Morphology of the kidney of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Monotremata). Anatomical Records 234: 348-358

Westergaard, B. 1983. A new detailed model for mammalian dentitional evolution. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 21: 68-78

Whittington, R.J. & Grant, J.T. 1995. Hematological changes in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) following capture. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 31: 386-390

Wrigley, J.M. & Graves J.A.M. 1988. Karyotypic conservation in the mammalian order Monotremata (subclass Prototheria). Chromosoma (Berlin) 96: 231-247

 

History of changes

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