The platypus (Registro nro. 119106)
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 27026965 |
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QL |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Burrell, Harry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1873-1945 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The platypus |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| Source | rdacarrier |
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| General note | Release date is 2026-04-07 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The platypus" by Harry Burrell is a natural history monograph written in the early 20th century. It presents a comprehensive, field-based account of the animal’s discovery, classification debates, anatomy, senses, habits, reproduction, nesting, range, captivity, and conservation, supported by photographs and plates.<br/><br/>The opening of this monograph sets out Burrell’s approach and scope: nearly twenty years of first-hand observation, reliance on living or fresh specimens, and illustrations left untouched, with the work aimed at general readers. It then traces the animal’s entry into science—early skins sent to Britain, Shaw’s 1799 description and doubts, and the swift eruption of controversies over what the creature was and how it reproduced. Burrell summarizes the long dispute about its zoological position (from “new tribe” or separate class to a mammalian sub-class) and the parallel egg-laying debate, including misreports, misidentified “eggs,” and strong opposing claims, before noting Caldwell’s late confirmation of oviparity. He contrasts fanciful or secondhand tales with the scarcity of early local accounts, and situates monotremes as primitive yet highly specialized survivors. The narrative then sketches key external features linked to life in water—webbed forepaws, a flattened tail, and especially the soft, ultra-sensitive bill used for underwater foraging with eyes and ears closed—alongside observations on eyelid–ear closures, clumsy terrestrial gait, horny grinding plates, cheek-pouches likely used to carry grit for mastication, and a sensory skin flap. The section closes by recounting first European encounters near the Hawkesbury, the spread of specimens through British and French hands, and a concise review of the major scientific arguments that shaped early understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | Sydney: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1927 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Platypus |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/platypusitsdisco0000harr">https://archive.org/details/platypusitsdisco0000harr</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78386">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78386</a> |
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