What is the binomial name for the platypus?

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Ornithorhynchus anatinus

The original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin Words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like". After realising that the name "platypus" had already be given to a group of beetles, the scientist involved assigned the platypus the scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first Word of which means "bird-like snout".

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