Marsupial Moles
Notoryctes
Marsupial moles, from the genus Notoryctes (; from Ancient Greek νότος (nótos), meaning "south", and ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗs), meaning "digger") are two species of highly specialized marsupial mammals that are found in the Australian interior.
They are small burrowing marsupials that anatomically converge on fossorial placental mammals, such as extant golden moles (Chrysochloridae) and extinct epoicotheres. The species are:
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Central Desert Marsupial Mole
speciesNotoryctes typhlops
Northwestern Marsupial Mole
speciesNotoryctes caurinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43255.