The platypus
by Harry Burrell
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About this eBook
- Author
- Burrell, Harry, 1873-1945
- Title
- The platypus : its discovery, zoological position, form and characteristics, habits, life history, etc.
- Original Publication
- Sydney: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1927.
- Credits
- deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Platypus
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78386
- Release Date
- April 7, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.THE PLATYPUS
- 3.Untitled
- 4.Untitled
- 5.PREFACE
- 6.CONTENTS
- 7.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 8.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- 9.CHAPTER II DISCOVERY AND EARLY DESCRIPTIONS
- 10.CHAPTER III CONTROVERSY ON THE ZOOLOGICAL POSITION — CHAPTER IV CONTROVERSY ON THE LAYING OF EGGS
- 11.CHAPTER V GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
- 12.CHAPTER VI NERVOUS ORGANIZATION AND SENSORY PERCEPTIONS
- 13.CHAPTER VII THE SPUR AND CRURAL GLAND
- 14.CHAPTER VIII THE NESTING-BURROW
- 15.CHAPTER IX DISTRIBUTION AND HAUNTS
- 16.CHAPTER X HABITS
- 17.CHAPTER XI BREEDING HABITS AND LIFE HISTORY — Mating — Breeding-season — The Intra-uterine Egg — Egg-laying — The laid egg — Incubation — Hatching — Nursing Habits — Adolescence — Sexual Maturity — Longevity
- 18.CHAPTER XII PRESERVATION AND ECONOMICS — 1— Preservation — 2— Economics
- 19.CHAPTER XIII THE PLATYPUS IN CAPTIVITY
- 20.BIBLIOGRAPHY — FOOTNOTES:
- 21.INDEX
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