Another name commonly used is platypup Platypuses can be found in eastern Australia and.

Baby animal names platypus. There is no official or generally accepted term for a baby platypus. It has a beak-like a duck a tail like a beaver webbed feet like an otter. A baby platypus is called a puggle and is one of only two mammal babies to hatch from an egg.

Platypus themselves were named in 1799 from the Latin Platypus anatinus meaning flat-footed duck-like. The duck-billed platypus is a semi-aquatic monotreme mammal that lives in rivers and creeks of the eastern regions of Australia. Check out the formal names of over 100 baby animals at the Animal Facts.

Depending on their species a baby owl or owlet can sometimes take care of itself. Hedgehog sea urchin Physical characteristics. The photo shows a hand cradling what looks like a baby platypus - which are also known as puggles.

The most striking thing about the platypus is it lays eggs like a bird. Echidnas are medium-sized solitary mammals covered with. The name turkey was originally the name for African guinea fowl and it eventually became the name for the Western hemisphere fowl with which the earlier fowl was confused.

But it turns out its not actually a platypus at all - in fact its not an animal at all. Caterpillar Larva Pupa Chrysalis. Some people refer to baby platypuses as puggles but that is more of a nickname than a proper title.

A baby turkey is called a poult. They are called monotremes. Particularly considering that the name puggle is already taken by a few different things such as a breed of dog thats a cross between a beagle and a pug.