marsupial mole
Noun
Meaning
small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole
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One way to survive here is to burrow into the sands, as a number of the desert's animals, including the southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops), and the water-holding frog do.
The remainder of the Dasyuridae are referred to as "marsupial mice"; Egerton, p. 68. most weigh less than 100 g. citation There are two species of marsupial mole order Notoryctemorphia that inhabit the deserts of Western Australia.