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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 ...
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.
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The venom-delivering spur is found only on the male's hind limbs. The platypus is one of the few living mammals to produce venom.The venom is made in venom glands that are connected to hollow spurs on their hind legs; it is primarily made during the mating season. [1]
Sotades platypus is a species of long-horned beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Sotades. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
A dramatic example was the order Coelacanthiformes, of which the genus Latimeria was found to be extant in 1938. About that there is little debate – however, whether Latimeria resembles early members of its lineage sufficiently closely to be considered a living fossil as well as a Lazarus taxon has been denied by some authors in recent years.
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 ...