Species Notoryctes caurinus Thomas, 1920

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• Notoryctes caurinus Thomas, O. 1920. Notoryctes in Northwest Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 6: 111-113 [111] [without justification customarily ignored or regarded as a junior synonym of Notoryctes typhlops (Stirling, 1889)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 20.5.21.1 ♀ adult skull (20.5.21.1) & skin (WAM 10442), Wollal (=Wallal, WA), Ninety Mile Beach, NW Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, desert sand dunes, fossorial, insectivorous, predator, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

'sand swimmer', impermanent burrow.

 

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

Benshemesh, J. 2004. Recovery Plan for Marsupial moles Notoryctes typhlops and N. caurinus. 2003-2010. Alice Springs : Northern Territory Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment. pp.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Withers, P.C., Thompson, G.G. & Seymour, R.S. 2000. Metabolic physiology of the north-western marsupial mole, Notoryctes caurinus (Marsupialia: Notoryctidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 48: 241-258

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Western Marsupial Mole)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Nov-2010		02-Jul-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)