print email comment close Platypus URL: http://rainforest-australia.com/platypus.htm Description: Detailed information, though few photographs, on this unusual egg-laying mammal. The site also has a list of further reading, tips for spotting a platypus in Australia, and information about a related mammal, the Australian water-rat. From the Australian Platypus Conservancy, "an independent organization dedicated to conserving the platypus and its freshwater habitats." Publisher: Australian Platypus Conservancy Library of Congress Subject Headings: Australian water rat Platypus LII Database Information: Record 3852 created by Marcia Coudyser on 10/05/2002 Last modification on 07/07/2003 Published: 10/05/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3852