Is a platypus a mammal, reptile, or bird?

The platypus sports fur like a mammal, paddles its duck feet like a bird and lays eggs in the manner of a reptile. Nature's instruction manual for this oddball, it turns out, is just as much of a mishmash. Researchers just mapped the genome of a female platypus from Australia. read more

The Platypus is a MAMMAL,more precisely an egg-laying (oviparous) mammal which is a species of Monotremes (although some people wrongly believe it to be a hybrid of an otter,a beaver and a duck!). read more

The duckbill platypus of Australia is one of the oddest animals in the world. This, no doubt, is why we hear strange rumors about him. Some of these reports are misleading; some are downright wrong. This seems unnecessary because the facts about him are almost unbelievable. read more