IRMNG - Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800

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Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800

IRMNG_ID

1107086 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1107086)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ornithorhynchidae Gray, 1825

Synonymised names

Demipus Gray, 1865 · unaccepted

Dermipus Wiedemann, 1800 · unaccepted

Dermopus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Ornithorhyncus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted

Ornithorinchus Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted

Ornithorinchus Artaud, 1803 · unaccepted

Ornithorinxus Perry, 1810 · unaccepted

Ornithorrhynchus Berthold in Latreille, 1827 · unaccepted

Ornitorhynchus Illiger, 1815 · unaccepted

Platypus Shaw, 1799 · unaccepted

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Species Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Species Ornithorhynchus brevirostris Ogilby, 1832 accepted as Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Species Ornithorhynchus crispus Macgillivray, 1827 accepted as Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Species Ornithorhynchus fuscus Peron, 1807 accepted as Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Species Ornithorhynchus laevis Macgillivray, 1827 accepted as Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Species Ornithorhynchus novaehollandiae Lacepede, 1800 accepted as Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Species Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach, 1800 accepted as Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Species Ornithorhynchus rufus Peron, 1807 accepted as Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Götting. Anz. del Sach., 1
page(s): 611 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1107086 on 2025-01-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (17)
Notes (2)

original description Götting. Anz. del Sach., 1
page(s): 611 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

original description (of Ornithorhyncus Cuvier, 1829) Dict. Sci. Nat., 59
page(s): 503 [details]

original description (of Ornithorinchus Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 57 [details]

original description (of Ornitorhynchus Illiger, 1815) Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1804-11
page(s): 50 [details]

original description (of Ornithorinxus Perry, 1810) Arcana, sign,
page(s): 5 [details]

original description (of Ornithorrhynchus Berthold in Latreille, 1827) Berthold, A. A. (1827). Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs, Aus dem Französischen. Mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar. x+606 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12056431
page(s): 64 [details]

original description (of Platypus Shaw, 1799) Nat. Miscell., pl
page(s): 385 [details]

original description (of Dermopus Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]

original description (of Dermipus Wiedemann, 1800) Archiv Zool. (Wiedemann), 1 (1)
page(s): 180 [details]

original description (of Demipus Gray, 1865) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1865
page(s): 385 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Living platypus [details]

Type species as cited Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach, 1800 (= Platypus anatinus Shaw, 1799). [details]