Species Notoryctes typhlops (Stirling, 1889)
Central Marsupial Mole
- Psammoryctes typhlops Stirling, E.C. 1889. 'Minutes'. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 12: 157-158 [158] [the initial description of the first specimen seen by Stirling appeared in Stirling, E.C. 1888. Preliminary notes on a new Australian mammal. Trans. Proc. Rept. R. Soc. S. Aust. 11: 21–24; the first use of the name Psammoryctes typhlops, however, appeared in the minutes with reference to the 1888 paper; a more detailed description with a proposed generic nom. nov. appeared in 1891, see Notoryctes; Stirling distributed a number of his early specimens to RCSE, BMNH, Cambridge Univ. and Stockholm Zootom. Inst. and at least one of these was illustrated in Stirling's 1891 'Description' paper, see Gadow, H. 1892. On the systematic position of Notoryctes typhlops. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 361–370].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA (several early Stirling specimens are in SAMA from Indracowie Station, but no type(s) indicated (Kemper, C., in litt.). Other early specimens are in European collections, see above), locality unknown.Secondary source:
Stirling, E.C. 1888. Preliminary notes on a new Australian mammal. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 21-24; Gadow, H. 1892. On the systematic position of Notoryctes typhlops. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 361-370.
Generic Combinations
- Notoryctes typhlops (Stirling, 1889). —
Stirling, E.C. 1891. Description of a new genus and species of Marsupialia 'Notoryctes typhlops'. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 154-187 pls ii-ix
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Nullarbor (NUL), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert sand dunes, fossorial, insectivorous, predator, sand plain desert, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
'sand swimmer', impermanent burrow, occurs in red sand areas dominated by spinifex and acacias.
General References
Abensperg-Traun, M. & Steven, D. 1997. Ant- and termite-eating in Australian mammals and lizards: A comparison. Australian Journal of Ecology 22: 9-17
Archer, M. 1976. The basicranial region of marsupicarnivores (Marsupial), interrelationships of carnivorous marsupials, and affinities of the insectivorous peramelids. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 59: 217-322
Archer, M. 1984. The Australian marsupial radiation. pp. 633-808 in Archer, M. & Clayton, G. (eds). Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia — Animals in Space & Time. Carlisle : Hesperian Press.
Baverstock, P.R. 1984. The molecular relationships of Australasian possums and gliders. pp. 1-8 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.
Benshemesh, J. & Johnson, K. 2003. Biology and conservation of marsupial moles (Notoryctes). pp. 464-474 in Jones, M., Dickman, C. & Archer, M. (eds). Predators with Pouches. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing.
Calaby, J.H., Corbett, L.K., Sharman, G.B. & Johnson, P.G. 1974. The chromosomes and systematic position of the marsupial mole, Notoryctes typhlops. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 27: 529-532
Corbett, L.K. 1975. Geographical distribution and habitat of the marsupial mole, Notoryctes typhlops. Australian Mammalogy 1: 375-378
Jackson, T. 1992. The marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops). Thylacinus, Journal of the Australian Society of Zookeepers 17(4): 6-9
Johnson, K.A. 1995. Marsupial Mole Notoryctes typhlops. pp. 409-411 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Johnson, K.A. & Walton, D.W. 1989. Notoryctidae. pp. 591-602 in Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds). Fauna of Australia. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1B 827 pp.
Nevo, E. 1979. Adaptive convergence and divergence of subterranean mammals. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 10: 269-308
Paltridge, R. 1998. Occurrence of the marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops) remains in the faecal pellets of cats, foxes and dingoes in the Tanami Desert, N.T. Australian Mammalogy 20: 427-429
Pearson, D. & Turner, J. 2000. Marsupial moles pop up in the Great Victoria and Gibson Deserts. Australian Mammalogy 22: 115-119
Westerman, M. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships of the marsupial mole, Notoryctes typhlops (Marsupialia: Notoryctidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 39: 529-537
Winkel, K. & Humphery-Smith, I. 1988. Diet of the marsupial mole, Notoryctes typhlops (Stirling 1889) (Marsupialia: Notoryctidae). Australian Mammalogy 11: 159-161
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Central Marsupial Mole)
History of changes
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