In the temperate region, winters are mild and rainfall is moderate.The forests have trees, shrubs and bushes.There is less undergrowth. Most of the trees are deciduous, which shed their leaves during the autumn. In some areas, the deciduous trees are replaced by coniferous trees.
A baby platypus is called a platypus. The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania.Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.he Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
The platypus is sometimes described as a living fossil because of this ancient lineage and its combination of mammalian and reptilian features. Aboriginal legend Return to Platypus Page. According to Aboriginal legend, the first platypus were born after a young female duck mated with a lonely and persuasive water-rat.The duck's offspring had their mother's bill and webbed feet and their father's four legs and handsome brown fur.he Fossil Record Return to Platypus Page. Based on a fragment of lower jaw found in opal deposits at Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, a type of ancestral platypus (Steropodon galmani) existed alongside the dinosaurs about 110 million years ago.