Northern Marsupial Mole
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| Northern Marsupial Mole[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Notoryctemorphia |
| Family: | Notoryctidae |
| Genus: | Notoryctes |
| Species: | N. caurinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notoryctes caurinus Thomas, 1920 |
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| Northern Marsupial Mole range | |
The Northern Marsupial Mole or Northwestern Marsupial Mole (Notoryctes caurinus) is a species of marsupial in the Notoryctidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.[2] The Northern Marsupial Mole is yellow in color. Its diet consists of insect pupae and larvae. It lacks eyes and barely has ears.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, Colin P. (16 November 2005). "Order Notoryctemorphia (p. 22)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=10700004.
- ^ a b Benshemesh, J. & Burbidge, A. (2008). Notoryctes caurinus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient
- ^ Northern Marsupial Mole[1]
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