New report calls for platypus to be listed 'vulnerable'

A platypus at Victoria's Healesville Sanctuary

A platypus at Victoria's Healesville Sanctuary Source: AAP

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Environment groups and scientists are calling for the platypus to be re-classified following research showing its numbers are dwindling.

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