Duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, on a river bank. The platypus is a semi-aquatic monotreme mammal native to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Australisches Wasserschnabeltier. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Wilhelm Bolsches Tiere der Urwelt (Animals of the Prehistoric World), Reichardt Cocoa company, Hamburg, 1908. Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) was a German landscape artist and book illustrator.
Duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, on a river bank. The platypus is a semi-aquatic monotreme mammal native to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Australisches Wasserschnabeltier. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Wilhelm Bolsches Tiere der Urwelt (Animals of the Prehistoric World), Reichardt Cocoa company, Hamburg, 1908. Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) was a German landscape artist and book illustrator.