Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799). Nat. Mise., 10, pl. 385-386.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, New Holland (= Sydney).

DISTRIBUTION: Queensland, New South Wales, SE South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania (Australia).

STATUS: Common but vulnerable to local extinction.

SYNONYMS: brevirostris, crispus, fuscus, laevis, novaehollandiae, paradoxus, phoxinus, rufus, triton.

COMMENTS: Name is commonly attributed to Shaw and Nodder, but Nodder was the publisher, not an author.