MSL, Order Monotremata
Mammal Image Library Catalog
Ornithorhynchus anatinus - Duckbilled platypus - Australia
1115 Dorsolateral view of head, showing grooves on inside of lower jaw (preserved specimen, black and white photograph), Mus. Southwestern Biol., Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1991. R B Forbes
1116 Close-up view of manus, showing webbing and claws (preserved specimen; black and white photograph), Mus. Southwestern Biol., Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1991. R B Forbes
1371 View of burrow in bank by lake shore, Lake Pedder, Tasmania, 1999. J A Lackey
Family TACHYGLOSSIDAE - Echidnas or Spiny Anteaters
Tachyglossus aculeatus - Short-beaked Echidna, Spiny anteater - Australia and New Guinea
201 Side view, Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia. 1976. E C Oaks
622 Side view of skull, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., USA, 1980. R W Van Devender
1372 Individual in defensive posture, with head pushed under log, Mole Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, 1999. J A Lackey
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