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World-first study reveals the mysteries of the desert-dwelling marsupial mole

  • Written by Charles Feigin, Lecturer in Genetics & Evolutionary Biology, La Trobe University

Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand.

This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic, Dune. Rather, it’s an enigmatic and tiny mammal found only in the deserts of Australia – the marsupial mole.

There are two related species of the marsupial mole.

Notoryctes typhlops...

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