Wikipedia:WikiProject Monotremes and Marsupials

Platypus
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Conservation status
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Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Monotremata
Family:	Ornithorhynchidae
Genus:	Ornithorhynchus; Blumenbach, 1800
Species:	O. anatinus
Binomial name
	Ornithorhynchus anatinus; (Shaw, 1799)
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	Platypus range (indicated by darker shading)

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Title edit

WikiProject Monotremes and Marsupials

Scope and Top page edit

This WikiProject aims to help organise our collection of entries about monotremes (egg-laying mammals) and marsupials (pouch-rearing mammals). These articles should all be contained in either the Category:Monotremes or Category:Marsupials.

Parentage edit

This WikiProject is an offshoot of WikiProject Tree of Life

WikiProject Science.

WikiProject Biology

WikiProject Tree of Life

WikiProject Mammals

WikiProject Monotremes and Marsupials

Related Wikiprojects edit

It is worth keeping one eye on several Wikiprojects that overlap with this one or that have made significant progress towards completion, including Wikipedia:WikiProject Cetaceans, Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds, Wikipedia:WikiProject Ecoregions, and WikiProject Conservation worldwide.

Participants edit

Michael Jay Williams
The Pharmacist
UtherSRG
Enlil Ninlil Australian extinct animals.
liquidGhoul (partially active)
Figaro
Vsion
Maias
Rlendog
Ainlina Factual
T.carnifex
User:Coby2
User:ZayZayEM (partially active)
Yukōshe

Recognized content edit

Featured articles edit

Good articles edit

Quoll

Did you knows (DYKs) edit

Formerly recognized content edit

Former featured articles edit

Former good articles edit

Criteria for inclusion edit

See Wikipedia:Notability.

Names and titles edit

See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna).

Article contents edit

The following items are desirable for articles of all levels, although the detail will vary depending on several factors. These items do not need to be separated into distinct sections; text should flow in continuous prose so far as possible. The order this information is included is also relatively unimportant, although the order listed is generally preferred.

Description (physical, behavioral) - what makes this (group of) critter(s) different from its close relatives?
Habitat - where does it live? how broadly does it roam? maps are good
Cultural, Religious, Economic, etc. importance - what impact has it had on humans? Include here use for experimental purposes that do not relate to other headings.
Classification - how does it fit into the tree of life?

Task list and progress edit

Create article for each Order and Family
Ensure all Family articles are taxonomically consistent
1. Ensure all articles between Order and Family rank are taxonomically consistent
Create article for each Genus
1. Ensure all articles between Family and Genus rank are taxonomically consistent
Create articles for all Species
1. ~~Create links for all species articles on appropriate articles~~
2. Create lists of uncreated articles to add to category pages:
  1. List of monotremes and marsupials

Taxonomy and references edit

Marsupial taxonomy is by no means fully known or agreed upon. The following references are currently being used for this Project. Join the discussion for other possibilities.

Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition (2005) - use {{MSW3}} or one of its derivatives (such as {{MSW3 Groves}}) in the reference section.
Mikko's Phylogeny Archive, Monotreme node & Marsupial node - particularly good for relationships among the extant and extinct species, although some nomenclature differs from MSW3

Use a taxobox edit

In general, monotreme and marsupial entries should have a taxobox. This is something we have inherited from the Tree of Life WikiProject.

Talk pages edit

Place {{WikiProject Mammals}} at the top of an article's talk page. This will help direct editors to this page for guidance.

^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^ Woinarski, J.; Burbidge, A.A. (2016). "Ornithorhynchus anatinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40488A21964009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40488A21964009.en. Retrieved 8 November 2020. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
^ "Platypus facts file". Australian Platypus Conservancy. Retrieved 13 September 2006.

Monotremes and Marsupials

[MSW3-1] Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

[IUCN-2] Woinarski, J.; Burbidge, A.A. (2016). "Ornithorhynchus anatinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40488A21964009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40488A21964009.en. Retrieved 8 November 2020. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern

[APC-3] "Platypus facts file". Australian Platypus Conservancy. Retrieved 13 September 2006.

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Platypus^[1]

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Monotremata
Family:	Ornithorhynchidae
Genus:	Ornithorhynchus Blumenbach, 1800
Species:	O. anatinus
Binomial name
*Ornithorhynchus anatinus* (Shaw, 1799)

Platypus range (indicated by darker shading)^[3]