Notoryctes typhlops

(Stirling, 1889)

Central Desert Marsupial Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Notoryctemorphia
Family : Notoryctidae
Genus : Notoryctes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Stirling, E.C. 1889. Dr. Stirling announced that he would shortly submit a full diagnosis of the newly-discovered mammal, referred to in last year's volume of the Transactions. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia (1879-1889) 12:158.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26250707

Original name as described

Psammoryctes typhlops

Other common names

Central Marsupial Mole · Itjaritjari · Southern Marsupial Mole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1892.5.20.4, UMZC A5. 1/1, UMZC A5. 1/2

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/umzc/vertebrates?id=urn-catalog-umzc-vertebrates-a5-1-1 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/umzc/vertebrates?id=urn-catalog-umzc-vertebrates-a5-1-2 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6ba60733-fd63-4cec-b6ba-e2ea4e4d7302

Type locality

"Indracowie Cattle Station … about 100 miles from the Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station," central Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000142

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Psammoryctes typhlops

(Stirling, 1889)

Family

Notoryctidae

Root name

typhlops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.5.20.4, UMZC A5. 1/1, UMZC A5. 1/2

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/umzc/vertebrates?id=urn-catalog-umzc-vertebrates-a5-1-1 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/umzc/vertebrates?id=urn-catalog-umzc-vertebrates-a5-1-2 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6ba60733-fd63-4cec-b6ba-e2ea4e4d7302

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26250707

Authority publication

Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia (1879-1889)

Notoryctes typhlops

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Notoryctidae

Root name

typhlops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8539)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14879/21965004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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