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Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Gotting. Gelehrt. Anz. vol.1 p.609

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Monotremata
family
Ornithorhynchidae
genus
Ornithorhynchus

Name

Synonyms
Demipus Gray, 1865
Dermopus Agassiz, 1846
Ornithorhyncus Blumenbach, 1800
Ornithorhyncus Cuvier, 1829
Ornithorinchus Artaud, 1803
Ornithorinchus Rafinesque, 1815
Ornithorinxus Perry, 1810
Ornithorrhynchus Berthold, 1827
Ornitorhynchus Illiger, 1815
Platypus Shaw, 1799
Homonyms
Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800
Common names
Domobata in Swahili
Duck-billed Platypus in language.
Dziobak in Polish
Kacsacsőrű emlős in Hungarian
Ornithorynque in French
Ornitorenk in Turkish
Ornitorinco in Italian
Ornitorrinco in Spanish
Platypus in language.
Platypus in English
Platypuses in English
Schnabeltier in German
Schnabeltiere in German
vtákopysk in Slovak
Качкодзьоб in Ukrainian
Клунар in Macedonian
Утконос in Russian
Утконосы in Russian
خلد الماء in Arabic
ප්ලැටිපස් ගණය in Sinhalese
ตุ่นปากเป็ด ฯลฯ in Thai
カモノハシ属 in Japanese
鴨嘴獸 in Chinese
오리너구리속 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Götting. Anz. del Sach., 1
  2. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  3. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  4. Nowak, Ronald M., 1991: null. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.. 1629.
  5. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  8. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  10. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  11. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  12. Wilson, Don E., and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2015: Order Monotremata. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials. 34-67.
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