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"Ornithorhynchidae"
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platypus
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ornithorhyncus
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echidnas
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anatinus
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monotremata
The natural family of monotremes including the platypus (duckbill) (Ornithorhyncus anatinus).
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Ornithorhynchidae is one of the two extant families in the order Monotremata, and contains the Platypus and its extinct relatives. The other family is the Tachyglossidae, or echidnas.
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