Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach 1800

Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach 1800, Gotting. Gelehrt. Anz., 1: 609.

Type Species: Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach 1800

Synonyms: Dermipus Wiedermann 1800; Platypus Shaw 1799 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw 1799)

Discussion: Platypus Shaw, 1799 was preoccupied by Platypus Herbst, 1793, a genus of Coleoptera . Ornithorynchus is the next available name.