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title: "Dziobak australijski"
description: "Ornithorhynchus anatinus — Ssaki. The platypus, sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/platypus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dziobak australijski

> Ornithorhynchus anatinus — Ssaki. The platypus, sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania.

- Scientific name: *Ornithorhynchus anatinus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 5136
- Wikidata: [Q15343](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15343)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43236](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43236)

## Names

- en: Platypus
- de: Schnabeltier
- es: Ornitorrinco
- fr: Ornithorynque
- it: Ornitorinco
- nl: Vogelbekdier
- pt: Ornitorrinco
- pl: Dziobak australijski

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4442)

## Summary

The platypus, sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative of the family Ornithorhynchidae and genus Ornithorhynchus, though a number of related species appear in the fossil record. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Like other monotremes, the platypus has a sense of electrolocation, which it uses to detect prey in water while its…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus

## Photo

![Dziobak australijski](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/platypus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106408816

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/platypus?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).