Notoryctes

1 species

The list of species of Notoryctes genus

Marsupial moles, the Notoryctidae, are highly specialized marsupial mammals, known from two species found at the Australian interior.

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)

Notoryctids are small, fossorial mammals that anatomically converge on other fossorial (and distantly related) mammals, such as living golden moles (Chrysochloridae) and extinct epoicotheres (Pholidota).

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The list of species of Notoryctes genus

Marsupial moles, the Notoryctidae, are highly specialized marsupial mammals, known from two species found at the Australian interior.

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)

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Marsupial Mole

Genus Notoryctes

The northern marsupial mole or kakarratul (Notoryctes caurinus ) is a marsupial in the family Notoryctidae, an endemic animal of arid regions of Central Australia. It lives in the loose sand of dunes and river plains in the desert, spending nearly...