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Northwestern Marsupial Mole
Plate 1 of 1. Cabrera, Angel; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Spain); Spain., no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist

Northwestern Marsupial Mole

Notoryctes caurinus

The northern marsupial mole or northwestern marsupial mole (Notoryctes caurinus) is a species of marsupial in the family Notoryctidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. The northern marsupial mole is yellow in color. Its diet consists of insect pupae and larvae. It lacks eyes and barely has ears.

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