Southern marsupial mole  (Notoryctes typhlops)

In the early 1900s, several thousand southern marsupial mole pelts were traded by Aboriginal people to Europeans. Little is known of the threats to the southern marsupialmole but the most obvious threat is predation by feral cats, foxes and dingoes. It is also thought that altered fire and grazing regimes have changed the abundance of prey (4).

Scientists are working with Aboriginal people to find and study southern marsupial moles in the Northern Territory and South Australia (4) as conservation work to prevent further decline of this species depends on a greater understanding of the ecology and threats to the southern marsupial mole.