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Platypus solidus obtusus Chapuis, 1865; Platypus solidus rudis Chapuis, 1865; Treptoplatypus solidus, is a species of weevil found in Asia and Australia. [1] Description
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or monotypic taxon of its family Ornithorhynchidae and genus Ornithorhynchus , though a number of related species appear ...
The treeshrews are small mammals native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Although called treeshrews, they are not true shrews and are not all arboreal. Family Tupaiidae. Genus: Dendrogale. Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew, D. melanura DD [3] Genus: Tupaia. Golden-bellied treeshrew, T. chrysogaster VU [4] Striped treeshrew, T. dorsalis ...
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Platypus quercivorus, the oak ambrosia beetle, is a species of weevil and pest of broad-leaved trees. [2] This species is most commonly known for vectoring the fungus responsible for excessive oak dieback in Japan since the 1980s. [3] It is found in Japan, India, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Taiwan.
When a platypus pelt was first presented by Joseph Banks to English naturalists in the late 18th century, they were convinced it must be a cleverly created hoax. Another strange monotreme is the short-beaked echidna; covered in hairy spikes, with a tubular snout in the place of a mouth, it has a tongue that can move in and out of the snout ...
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In April last year, Peking University scientists found a 252ft tree in Medog County in Tibet, which had briefly become China’s tallest tree. This record was then broken the following year when ...