Duck-billed Platypus

The **platypus**, sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.

## Gallery

### Films

Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! (2004)FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)Bilby (2018)The Rescuers Down Under (1990)Back to the Outback (2021)Noah's Ark (1959)El Arca (2007)Animalympics (1980)Australia: The Land Beyond Time (2002)Nature's Strangest Creatures (1959)Wild Australia: The Edge (1996)The Animal World (1956)A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)Combat Wombat (2020)Kangaroo Valley (2022)Journey to the Valley of the Emu (1978)
### TV Shows

Phineas & Ferb (2007-2015)Stanley (2001-2004)Camp Lazlo (2005-2008)Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (2007-2008)The Wild Thornberrys (1998-2004)My Gym Partner's A Monkey (2005-2008)Toonimals! (2000)The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! (2010)64 Zoo Lane (1999-2013)VeggieTales (1993-2015)Tom and Jerry Tales (2006-2008)Captain Seasalt and his ABC Pirates (2020)Super Secret Secret Squirrel (1993)The Penguins of Madagascar (2008-2013)Wild Kratts (2011-)Dinosaur King (2007-2008)Where's Waldo? (2019)The Octonauts (2010)Really Wild Animals (1993-1998)Crashbox (1999-2000)Kratts' Creatures (1996)Zoboomafoo (1999-2001)Tasmania: Weird and Wonderful (2019)Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom ClassicsEyewitness (1994-1997)Seven Worlds, One Planet (2019)The Life of Mammals (2002)Wild Down Under (2003)Life on Earth (1979)Supersense (1988)The Most Extreme (2002-2007)Nature of Australia (1988)Australia: Earth's Magical Kingdom (2019)Absurd Planet (2020)Animal Senses (2017)Australia's Improbable Animals (1987)Australia's Animal Mysteries (1983)Australia's Little Assassins (2001)Incredible Journeys (1997)The Wonderful Kangaroo (1977)Leo the Wildlife Ranger (2015)Braingames (1983-1985)The Search for the World's Most Secret Animals (1989)Bringing Up Baby: A Natural History of A Mother's Love (2009)Australia's Deadly Monsters (2017)Wild Australia (2014)ZooLife with Jack Hanna (1993)Wildest Australia (2005)Platypus: The World's Strangest Animal (2003)Peppa Pig (2004-)Barbapapa: Around The World (1999)Go, Diego, Go! (2005-2011)Bindi the Jungle Girl (2007-2008)Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (2013)The Wonder Pets (2006-2013)Mega Zoo (2020)Crikey! It's the Irwins (2018)Jim Henson's The Animal Show (1994-1998)Animal Atlas (2004)Baby Animals in Our World (2015)Deadly 60 (2012-2020)The Living Edens (1997-2003)72 Dangerous Animals Australia (2014)The Parenthood Game (1976)Baby Animals in the Wild (2015)Over Australia (2017)Wild 24 (2016)Animal X (1997-2002)Deadly Australians (2017)Secrets of the Zoo: Down Under (2020)Inside Taronga Zoo (2020)Unbelievable Beasts (2008)World's Most Toxic Animals (2021)Australia's Wild Places (2013)Paleoworld (1994)World's Greatest Animal Encounters (2019)Sky Safari: Australia (2015)Ingenious Animals (2016)Discovery Atlas (2006-2008)Wildest Islands of Australia (1999)Wild Australia with Ray Mears (2016)Strange Creatures (2016)Deadly Top 10 Platypus.pngDeadly Top 10 (2011)Hero 108 [2010-2012]Nick's Quest (1999)Venom! Nine Ways to Die (2001)Ethelbert the Tiger [2005]
### Books

An A to Z Walk in the Park Platypus.pngEndangered Animals Dictionary Platypus.pngExtremely Weird Platypus.pngWhat's Weird on Earth Platypus.pngThe Cycle of Life Fresh Waters Platypus.pngAtlas of the World's Strangest Animals Platypus.png1001 Facts About Wild Animals Platypus.pngSmithsonian Knowledge Encyclopedia Dinosaur Platypus.pngPocket Genius Mammals Platypus.pngJeff Corwin Into Wild Tasmania Platypus.png