Northern marsupial mole | |
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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 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.