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The '''platypus''' is an aquatic [[mammal]]. It is one of only five [[mammal]] species (the other four are types of [[echidna]]s which are also native to [[Australia]]) which lays eggs as opposed to a live birth. Its natural range is in [[Australia]] and [[Tasmania]]. It has a bill similar in shape to a duck which is very pliable, it also has webbed feet. Like all mammals it has fur and suckles its young.
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The '''platypus''' is an aquatic [[mammal]], one of only five mammal species which lays eggs as opposed to a live birth.<ref>The other four are types of [[echidna]]s which are also native to [[Australia]].</ref>
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Its natural range is in [[Australia]] and [[Tasmania]].
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It has a bill, similar in shape to a duck, which is very pliable, and also has webbed feet.
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Like all mammals it has fur and suckles its young.