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Species Notoryctes typhlops (Stirling, 1889)

Central Marsupial Mole

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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.

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

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

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Nov-2010 16-Oct-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)