Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Lifespan Platypus: 17 years Gestation period Platypus: 10 – 14 days Length Platypus: 50 cm | Phylum Chordata Scientific name Platypoda Mass Platypus: 1 – 2.4 kg Rank Suborder | |
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Similar Platypus, Kollikodon, Steropodon, Steropodontidae, Teinolophos |
How to pronounce platypoda
The Platypoda are a suborder of the monotremes; it includes three families. Its only living species is the platypus; all others are extinct.
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