Marsupial mole
Marsupial moles, the Notoryctidae /noʊtəˈrɪktɪdiː/ family, are two species of highly specialized marsupial mammals that are found in the Australian interior. They are small fossorial marsupials that anatomically converge on fossorial placental mammals, such as extant golden moles (Chrysochloridae) and extinct epoicotheres (Pholidota). The species are:
- Notoryctes typhlops (southern marsupial mole, known as the itjaritjari by the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people in Central Australia)
- Notoryctes caurinus (northern marsupial mole, also known as the kakarratul)
| Marsupial moles Temporal range: Miocene to Recent | |
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| Southern marsupial mole | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Notoryctemorphia |
| Family: | Notoryctidae |
| Genus: | Notoryctes Stirling, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Psammoryctes typhlops Stirling, 1889 | |
| Species | |
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Notoryctes typhlops Stirling, 1891 | |
| Ranges of the two species | |
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