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Duck-billed Platypus Collection Image, Figure 1, Total 7 Figures
Duck-billed Platypus Collection Image, Figure 2, Total 7 Figures
Duck-billed Platypus Collection Image, Figure 3, Total 7 Figures
Duck-billed Platypus Collection Image, Figure 4, Total 7 Figures
Duck-billed Platypus Collection Image, Figure 5, Total 7 Figures
Duck-billed Platypus Collection Image, Figure 6, Total 7 Figures
Duck-billed Platypus Collection Image, Figure 7, Total 7 Figures
Duck-billed Platypus
  • species_info
    • english title:Duck-billed Platypus
    • scientific_name:Ornithorynchus anatinus
    • DIVISION:Chordata
    • subphylum:Vertebrata
    • class:Mammalia
    • subclass:Holotheria
    • orders:Monotremata
    • family:Ornithorhynchidae
    • genus:Ornithorhynchus
    • species:anatinus
    • species_author:Shaw
    • species_pub_year:1799
    • synonym
      • synonym_full_name:Platypus anatinus
  • collection_content
    • collection_locality
      • country_id:AU
      • country_en:Australia
    • collection_info
      • quantity:1
    • collection_feature
      • S-V length:360  mm
      • Tail length:95  mm
    • collection_record
      • catalog no:TMMA0015
      • CAT_NO:MA.0015
      • Specimen Category:A,M
      • Type Category:標本(General)
  • gdesc_info
    • GDESC:保育等級:International Union for Conservation of Nature紅皮書中屬近危物種(Near Threatened)類別。

      型態:具扁平如鴨子般的吻部,成體無牙齒,但吻部邊緣高度角質化。四肢短且有蹼,後肢有尖刺,雄性個體的尖刺含毒液。尾巴寬闊可以儲存脂肪。軀幹、四肢與尾巴覆滿深棕色毛髮。

      生態:為鴨嘴獸科鴨嘴獸屬下的唯一物種,屬於哺乳動物中罕見的卵生動物。僅分布於澳洲東部以及塔斯馬尼亞島。為一夫多妻制,雌獸通常於水邊挖巢穴,在裡面產下兩至三顆卵,卵約需十天孵化。雌鴨嘴獸有乳腺但沒有乳頭,因此乳汁是透過皮膚的毛孔流出。以水中的無脊椎動物為食。嘴喙以及前額毛孔有特殊的感覺器官,可用於偵測大型無脊椎動物產生的微弱電場。鴨嘴獸有雙層毛皮,可於潛水時保留空氣防止熱量散失。在一般環境以及潛水下,鴨嘴獸的體溫皆維持在攝氏32度。

      形質:-

      標本資訊:本標本為全身皮毛剝製標本,採集自澳洲,吻肛長36公分,尾長9.5公分,全件完整無破損。