TITLE: PLATYPUS (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): A BIBLIOGRAPHY

AUTHOR & INSTITUTION: Kay A. Kenyon, Librarian National Zoological Park Branch Smithsonian Institution Libraries Washington, D.C.

DATE: August 1988

LAST UPDATE: June 1995

The following references are arranged alphabetically by author:

Anon. 1951. The platypus - a good try. Animal Kingdom, 54:172.

Augee, M. 1976. Heat tolerance in monotremes. Journal of Thermal Biology 1:181-184.

Augee, M.L., ed. 1992. Platypus and Echnidnas. Mosman, NSW, Australia: Royal Zoological Societ of New South Wales, 296pp.

Baldwin, J. and M. Aleksiuk. 1973. Adaptation of enzymes to temperature: lactate and maleate dehydrogenases from platypus and echidna. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 44: 363-370.

Bennet, G. 1835. Notes on the natural history and habits of the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus. Transactions. Zoological Society of London 1:229-258.

Bick, Y. and W. Jackson. 1967. Karyotype of the monotreme Ornithorhynchus anatinus and Tachyglossus aculeatus. Nature, 214:600-601.

Blair, J. 1952. More details on Cecil and Penelope. Animal Kingdom, 55: 23-25.

------. 1952. Our duckbills moult by "American time". Animal Kingdom, 55:163-164.

Bohringer, R.C. 1981. Cutaneous receptors in the bill of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Australian Mammalogy, 4:93-106.

------and M. Rowe. 1977. The organization of the sensory and motor areas of the cerebral cortex in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Journal of Comparative Neurology, 174:1-14.

Burrell, H. 1927. The Platypus, Sydney:Angus and Robertson, 226pp.

Carrick, F. and R. Hughes. 1978. Reproduction in male monotremes. Australian Zoology, 20:211-232.

------, T. Grant and R. Williams. 1982. Platypus Ornithorynchus anatinus: its captive maintenance. In: D. Evans, ed. The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity, pp. 4-13. Melbourne, Victoria: Zoological Board of Victoria.

1 Collins, L. 1973. Monotremes and Marsupials, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. 323pp.

Crandall, L. 1951. We are attempting to breed the platypus. Animal Kingdom, 54:89-91.

------. 1952. A note on the first exhibition of the duck-billed platypus. Animal Kingdom, 55:62-63.

------. 1966. Feeding the platypus Ornithorynchus anatinus in captivity. International Zoo Yearbook, 6:67-68.

Dawson, T. 1983. Monotremes and Marsupials: the Other Mammals. London: Edward Arnold. 87pp.

------and T. Grant. 1980. Metabolic capabilities of monotremes and the evolution of homeothermy, pp.140-147. In: K. Schmidt-Nielson, L. Bolis and C. Taylor, eds. Comparative Physiology: Primitive Mammals. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

------and D. Fanning. 1979. Standard metabolism of monotremes and the evolution of homeothermy. Australian Journal of Zoology, 27:511-515.

------and D. Fanning. 1981. Thermal and energetic problems of semiaquatic mammals: a study of the Australian water rat, including comparisons with the platypus. Physiological Zoology, 54:285-296.

Dickenson, F. 1979. A paradox from down under. Wildlife(London), 21: 20-23.

Eadie, R. 1934. The platypus in captivity. Victorian Naturalist, 51:3-11.

------. 1935. Hibernation in the platypus. Victorian Naturalist, 52:71-72.

------. 1935. The Life and Habits of the Platypus. Melbourne, Australia.

Evans, B.K., D.R. Jones, J. Baldwin, and G.R.J. Gabbott. 1994. Diving ability of the platypus. Australian Journal of Zoology, 42(1):17-27.

Faragher, R., T. Grant and F. Carrick. 1979. Food of the platypus (Ornithorynchus anatinus) with notes on the food of the brown trout in the Shoalhaven River, N.S.W. Australian Journal of Ecology 4:171-179.

Finnie, E. and D. Thomas. 1982. Management of monotremes at Taronga Zoo. In: D. Evans, ed. The Managment of Australian Mammals in Captivity. pp.1-4. Melbourne: Zoological Board of Victoria.

Fleay, D. 1944. Birth of a baby platypus. Bulletin. New York Zoological Society, 45:50-69.

------. 1944. We Breed the Platypus. Melbourne: Robertson and Mullins. 44pp.

------. 1947. How the duck-billed platypuses came to New York. Animal Kingdom, 50:66-80.

------. 1953. The easiest way to feed a platypus. Animal Kingdom, 56: 105-109.

------. 1958. Platypuses in the zoo again! Animal Kingdom, 61:98-108.

------. 1958. Flight of the platypus. National Geographic Magazine, 114:512-525.

------. 1980. The Paradoxical Platypus. Brisbane:Jacaranda Press.

2 Gemmell, N.J., A. Janke, P.S. Western, J.M. Watson, S. Paabo, and J.A. Marshall-Graves. 1994. Cloning and characterization of the platypus mitochondrial genome. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 39(2):200-205.

Gould, S. 1985. To be a platypus. Natural History, 94 (8):10-15.

Grant, T.R. 1983. Body temperature of free-ranging platypuses Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Monotremata), with observations on their use of burrows. Australian Journal of Zoology, 31:117-122.

Grant, T.R. 1983. Food of the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Monotremata:Ornithorhynchidae) from various water bodies in New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy, 5(3):235-236.

------. 1984. The Platypus. Kensington, Australia: New South Wales University Press. 76pp.

-----. 1984. Platypus. In: McDonald, D., ed., The Encyclopedia of Mammals, New York: Facts on File, pp. 822-823.

Grant, T.R. 1993. The past and present freshwater fishery in New South Wales and the distribution and status of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Australian Zoologist, 29(1-2) (Special Edition):105-113.

Grant, T.R. and F.N. Carrick. 1974. Capture and marking of the platypus, Ornithorynchus anatinus, in the wild. Australian Zoology, 18:133-135.

Grant, T.R. and F.N. Carrick. 1978. Some aspects of the ecology of the platypus, Ornithorynchus anatinus, in the Upper Shoalhaven River, New South Wales. Australian Zoology, 20(1):181-199.

Grant, T.R. and T.R. Dawson. 1978. Temperature regulation in the platypus, Ornithorynchus anatinus: maintenance of body temperature in air and water. Physiological Zoology, 51:1-6.

Grant, T.R. and T.J. Dawson. 1978. Temperature regulation in the platypus, Ornithorynchus anatinus: production and loss of metabolic heart in air and water. Physiological Zoology, 51(4):315-332.

Grant, T.R., M. Griffiths and R.M.C. Leckie. 1983. Aspects of lactation in the platypus, Ornithorlynchus anatinus, in waters of eastern New South Wales. Australian Journal of Zoology, 31(6):881-889.

Grant, T.R. and P.D. Temple-Smith. 1983. Size, seasonal weight change and growth in platypuses, Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Monotremata: Ornithorhynchidae) from rivers and lakes of New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy, 6(2):51-60.

Grant, T.R. and R.J. Whittington. 1991. The use of freeze-branding and implanted transponder tags as a permanent marking method for platypuses, Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Monotremata: Ornithohynchidae).

Grant, T.R., R. Williams and F.N. Carrick. 1977. Maintenance of the platypus, Ornithorynchus anatinus, in captivity under laboratory conditions. Australian Zoology, 19(2):117-123.

Gregory, J.E., A. Iggo, A.K.McIntyre and U. Proske. 1987. Electroreceptors in the platypus. Nature, 326(6111):386-387.

Gregory, J.E., et. al. 1988. Receptors in the bill of the platypus. Journal of Physiology, 400:349-366.

3 Griffiths, M. 1978. The Biology of Monotremes. New York:Academic Press.

------. 1988. The platypus. Scientific American, 258(5):84-91.

------, M. Elliot, R. Leckie and G. Schoefl. 1973. Observations of the comparative anatomy and ultrastructure of mammary glands and on the fatty acids of the triglycerides in platypus and echidna milk fats. Journal of Zoology, 169:255-279.

Grigg, G., L.Beard, T. Grant, and M. Augee. 1992. Body temperature and diurnal activity patterns in the platypus (Ornithorhyncus anatinus) during winter. Australian Journal of Zoology, 40(2):135-142.

Gruber, J.W. 1991. Does the platypus lay eggs? The history of an event in science. Archives of Natural History, 18(1):51-123.

Hamilton, G. 1991. The puzzling platypus. Wildlife Conservation, 94(5):66-77.

Heckner, U. 1990. Egg-laying mammals (Monotremes) - Duck-billed platypus (family Ornithorhynchidae). In: Grzimek' s Encyclopedia of Mammals, vol. 1, New York: McGraw- Hill, pp. 197-203.

Hopson, J.L. 1981. A queer mammal of ducklike bill and reptilian walk. Smithsonian, 11 (4):62-69.

Hulbert A.J. and T.R. Grant. 1983. A seasonal study of body composition and water turnover in a free-ranging population of platypuses, Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Monotremata). Australian Journal of Zoology, 31:109-116.

Hulbert, A.J. and T.R. Grant. 1983. Thyroid hormone levels in an egg-laying mammal, the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 51(3):401-405.

Johansen, K., C. Lenfant and G. Grigg. 1966. Respiratory properties of blood and responses to diving of the platypus, Ornithorynchus anatinus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 18:597-608.

Krueger, B., S. Hunter and M. Serena. 1992. Husbandry, diet and behaviour of platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus at Healesville Sanctuary. International Zoo Yearbook, 31:64-71.

Kruuk, H. 1993. The diving behaviour of the platpus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in waters with different trophic status. Journal of Applied Ecology, 30(4):592-598.

McClung, R. 1953. The outlook for a baby platypus. Animal Kingdom, 56:146-150.

------. 1954. The unpredictable platypus. Animal Kingdom, 57:110-111.

McColl, K.A. 1983. Pathology in captive platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in Victoria, Australia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 19(2):118-122.

Manville, R. 1958. Concerning platypuses. Journal of Mammalogy, 39:582-583.

Miller, J.A. 1986. Sensory surprises in platypus, mantis. Scientific News, 129 (Feb 15):104.

Montagna, W. and R. Ellis. 1960. Sweat glands in the skin of Ornithorynchus anatinus. Anatomical Record, 137:271-277.

Morowitz, Harold. 1982. Design by committe, (ancestry of platypus). Science ' 82, 3(July/Aug):24-25.

4 Murtagh, D. 1977. A unique cytogenetic system in monotremes. Chromosoma, 65:37-57.

Scheich, H, G. Langner, C. Tidemann, R.B. Coles and A. Guppy. 1986. Electroreception and electrolocation in platypus. Nature, 319(6049):401-402.

Serena, M. 1994. Keeping track of platypus. Brookfield Zoo Bison, 8(1):32-35.

Serena, M. 1994. Use of time and space by platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus: Monotremata) along a Victorian stream. Journal of Zoology, 232(1):117-131.

Sharland, M. 1963. Tasmanian Wild Life. Melbourne Univiversity Press. 86pp.

Smyth, D. 1973. Temperature regulation in the platypus Ornithorynchus anatinus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 45A:705-716.

Strahan, R. (ed.). 1983. Complete Book of Australian Mammals. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 530pp.

------and D. Thomas. 1975. Courtship of the platypus, Ornithorynchus anatinus. Australian Zoology, 18:165-178.

Tanaka, Y. A morphological study of hematopoetic organs of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Journal. Kyushu Hematological Society, 34(3/4):1-10.

Troughton, G.J. and S. Wray. 1994. An apparent feeding association between the azure kingfisher Ceyx azurea and the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Sunbird, 24(2):45.

Tsujii, T., S. Inoue, H. Takamiya, H.R. Liszczynsky, H. Naora, and S. Seno. 1992. Morphology of the kidney of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus: Monotremata). Anatomical Record, 234(3):348-358.

Tyson, R. 1980. Road killed platypus. Tasmanian Nature. 60:8.

Westerman, M. and D. Edwards. 1991. The divergence between echidna (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae) and platypus (Monotremata:Ornithorhynchidae) -new data from DNA studies. Australian Mammalogy, 14(2):115-120.

Whittington, R.J. 1991. The survival of platypuses in captivity. Australian Veterinary Journal, 68(1):32-35.

Whittington, R.J., I.G. Bell, and J.E. Searson. 1990. A viral infection causing cytomegalic inclusion disease in the renal epithelium of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatiunus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 26(1):55-61.

Whittington, R.J. and T.R. Grant. 1983. Haematology and blood chemistry of the free-living platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw) (Monotremata: Ornithorhynchidae). Australian Journal Zoology, 31(4):475-482.

Whittington, R.J. and T.R. Grant. 1984. Haematology and blood chemistry of the conscious playtpus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw) (Monotremata: Ornithorhynchidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 32(5):631-635.

Whittington, R.J. and D.M. Spratt. 1989. Lesions associated with metazoan parasites of wild platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 25(4):521-526.

Williams, G. 1992. Management of platypus in Australian Zoos, 1987-1991. Thylacinus, 17(3)6-8.

5 Williams, G. 1993. Platypus management in Australian Zoos. International Zoo News, 40(1):30-36.

Ytsma, G. 1986. Inducing attack by male platypus (Col. Platypodidaeò) on wood billets in the laboratory. Journal of Applied Entomology, 102(2):210-212.

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