Ornithorhynchus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ornithorhynchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Ordo: Monotremata Superfamilia: Ornithorhynchoidea

Familia: Ornithorhynchidae
Genus: Ornithorhynchus
Species (1): O. anatinus

Name

• Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800: 205
  • Gender: masculine.
    • Type species: Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach, 1800 (= Platypus anatinus G. Shaw, 1799)
    • Fixation: type by monotypy.
  • Etymology: Greek ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos ‘bird’; ῥυγχος rhunkhos ‘snout, bill’.

Synonyms

• Platypus G. Shaw, 1799: text to plates 385–386 (junior homonym Platypus Herbst, 1793 (Coleoptera))
  • Gender: masculine.
    • Type species: Platypus anatinus G. Shaw, 1799
    • Fixation: type by monotypy.
  • Etymology: Greek πλατυπους platupous, πλατυποδος platupodos ‘flat-footed’, from πλατυς platus ‘broad’; πους pous, ποδος podos ‘foot’.

• Dermipus Wiedemann, 1800: 180
  • Gender: masculine.
    • Type species: Platypus anatinus G. Shaw, 1799
    • Fixation: type by monotypy.
  • Etymology: Greek δερμα derma, δερματος dermatos ‘skin’; πους pous, ποδος podos ‘foot’.

• Ornithorinchus: Artaud, 1803: 162 (unjustified emendation of Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800)

• Ornithorincus: Duméril, 1805: 20 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800)

• Ornithorincus: Péron, 1807: plate xxxiv (unjustified emendation of Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800)

• Ornithorynchus: Tiedemann, 1808: 585 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800)

• Ornithorinxus: Perry, 1810: F5 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800)

• Ornithorhynchi: Meckel, 1826: 1 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800)

• Ornithorynchus: Macgillivray, 1827: 127 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800)

References

Primary references

• Shaw, G.K. 1799. The naturalist’s miscellany, or Coloured figures of natural objects. Volume 10. Nodder & Co.: London. Pp. text & plates. BHL
• Blumenbach, F. 1800. Über das Schnabelthier (Ornithorhynchus paradoxus) ein neuentdecktes Geschlecht von Säugthieren des fünften Welttheils. Magazin für das Neueste aus der Physik und Naturgeschichte 2: 205–214. BHL
• Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1800. Nachricht von einem äusserst fonderbaren, neu entdeckten säugethiere: Platypus anatinus. Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie 1: 175–180. BHL.
• Artaud de Soulange, F. 1803. Manuel d’histoire naturelle, traduit de l’allemand, de J. Fr. Blumenbach, professeur à l’université de Gottingue. Tom 1. Collignon; Levrault, Henriches, Lenormant: Metz; Paris. Pp. 526. Google Books
• Duméril, A.M.C. 1806. Zoologie analytique, ou, Méthode naturelle de classification des animaux: rendue plus facile a l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Allais, libraire: Paris. Pp. 344. BHL.
• Péron, F.A. & Lesueur, C.A. 1816. Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes: exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l’empereur et roi, sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et la goëlette le Casuarina, pendent les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Atlas. De l'Imprimerie impériale: Paris. Pls. xl. BHL
• Tiedemann, F. 1804. Zoologie: zu seinen Vorlesungen entworfen. Allgemeine Zoologie, Mensch und Säugthiere. In der Weberichen Buchhandlung: Landshut. Pp. 610. Google Books
• Perry, G. 1811. Arcana, or, The museum of natural history: containing the most recent discovered objects: embellished with coloured plates, and corresponding descriptions: with extracts relating to animals, and remarks of celebrated travellers; combining a general survey of nature. Printed by George Smeeton for James Stratford: London. Unnumbered pp. BHL.
• Meckel, J.F. 1826. Ornithorhynchi paradoxi descriptio anatomica. Gerhardum Fleischerum: Lipsiae. Pp. 63 + Tab. i–viii. BHL.
• Macgillivray, W. 1827. Description of a new species of Ornithorhynchus. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 6: 127–132. BHL.

Additional references

• Palmer, T.S. 1904. Index Generum Mammalium: a List of the Genera and Families of Mammals. North American Fauna 23: 1–984. BHL
• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page. 

Links

• Ornithorhynchus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Mammal Diversity Database. (2024). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.12). Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10463715 Treeview of Mammalian Taxonomy Hierarchy

Vernacular names

العربية: خلد الماء
Deutsch: Schnabeltier
English: Platypus
español: Ornitorrinco
eesti: Nokkloom, Ornitorünhus
français: Ornithorynque
magyar: Kacsacsőrű emlős
italiano: Ornitorinco
日本語: カモノハシ属
македонски: Клунар
polski: dziobak
русский: Утконос
Kiswahili: Domobata
українська: Качкодзьоб
中文: 鴨嘴獸

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