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Macropus
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Ornithorhynchus
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D
Pteropus
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The correct option is DOrnithorhynchus
Ornithorhynchus is the scientific name of platypus. It is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia. The animal is the sole living representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species have been found in the fossil record