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Platypus
Ornithorhynchidae
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Alan Couch cc-by
Ornithorhynchidae (platypus) is a family of
mammal
.
EOL has data for
21 attributes
, including:
habitat includes
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
Definition:
The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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terrestrial habitat
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009
Definition:
A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
Comment:
Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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last appearance
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilLast
Definition:
The last appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Cenozoic Era
URI:
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Cenozoic
Attribution:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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motility
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
Definition:
ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
Definition:
Organisms that move habitually, of their own volition.
Attribution:
http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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trophic guild
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
Definition:
A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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insectivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088
Definition:
organism that eats insects.
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trophic level
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicLevel
Definition:
The position an organism occupies in a food chain.
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herbivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
Definition:
animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material
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platypus includes
5 children
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Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach 1800
Obdurodon Woodburne & Tedford 1975
Steropodon Archer, Flannery, Ritchie & Molnar 1985
Teinolophos Rich, Vickers-Rich, Constantine, Flannery, Kool & van Klaveren 1999
Monotrematum Pascual, Archer, Ortiz Jaureguizar, Prado, Godthelp & Hand 1992
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