Ornithorhynchus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Prototheria
Ordo: Monotremata
Familia: Ornithorhynchidae
Genus: Ornithorhynchus
Species: O. anatinus

Fossil species

†O. maximus

Name

Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800

Type species: Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach, 1800 (=Platypus anatinus Shaw, 1799)

Synonyms

* Dermipus Wiedermann, 1800
* Platypus Shaw, 1799 (junior homonym Platypus Herbst, 1793)

References

* Blumenbach 1800: Gotting. Gelehrt. Anz., 1: 609.
* Ornithorhynchus on Mammal species of the World.
Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

Vernacular names
العربية: خلد الماء
English: Platypus
Español: Ornitorrinco
日本語: カモノハシ属
Русский: Утконос
Українська: Качкодзьоб
中文: 鴨嘴獸