Emma Hawkins: A Natural World

A Platypus skull with horny beak, 19th century

Lot Closed

January 19, 03:52 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Platypus skull with horny beak, 19th century

on a bespoke metal and ebonised wood stand

12cm. long

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 or monotypic taxon of its family and genus, though a number of related species appear in the fossil record.

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