Notoryctemorphia is a marsupial order containing a single family, Notoryctidae, the marsupial moles of central Australia and their fossil relatives. It is one of the smallest and most specialised marsupial orders, its living members adapted to a burrowing, largely subterranean existence.
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Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank In the Other Atlases
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ9763859, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Notoryctidae
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source Wikidata: Notoryctemorphia
Wikidata Q13166786, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Animal Diversity Web: Notoryctemorphia
Animal Diversity WebIn Group: Marsupial Orders, Order accountQuote, In Group: Marsupial Orders, Order account
This order of metatherians contains two species, the marsupial moles ( Notoryctes caurinus and Notoryctes typhlops ; the status of N . caurinus has been questioned).
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