Northern marsupial mole

Northern marsupial mole[1]
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
Northern marsupial mole range

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.[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]

References

  1. ↑ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Notoryctemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 1 2 Benshemesh, J. & Burbidge, A. (2008). "Notoryctes caurinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient
  3. ↑ Northern Marsupial Mole


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