Southern marsupial mole  (Notoryctes typhlops)

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• Diurnal: active during the day.
• Nocturnal: active at night.
• Placental: group of mammals characterised by their reproduction and physiological characteristics. The embryo is retained in the uterus, and born in an advanced state of development.
• Vestigial: a characteristic, often reduced in form, with little or no contemporary use, but derived from one which was useful and well developed in an ancestral form.

1. IUCN Red List (June, 2009)
   http://iucnredlist.org
2. Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) (January, 2010)
   http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=31
3. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: Australian Government (January, 2010)
   http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/south-mole.html
4. Nowak, R.M. (1991) Walker's Mammals of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
5. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.