Order Monotremata Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 13 13 book chapter 193470 10.5281/zenodo.7353094 d741eca4-62b9-4f85-9a36-ba2db4cc0816 1-56098-217-9 7353094 Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) . Nat. Mise., 10, pl. 385-386 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , New South Wales , New Holland (= Sydney) . DISTRIBUTION: Queensland , New South Wales , SE South Australia , Victoria , and Tasmania ( Australia ). STATUS: Common but vulnerable to local extinction. SYNONYMS: brevirostris , crispus , fuscus , laevis , novaehollandiae , paradoxus , phoxinus, rufus, triton. COMMENTS: Name is commonly attributed to Shaw and Nodder, but Nodder was the publisher, not an author.