northern marsupial mole
A small, burrowing marsupial native to northwestern Australia. Scientific name: Notoryctes caurinus.
The northern marsupial mole is a rare marsupial that lives in the Australian desert.
Refers to the southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops), a closely related species.
Standard katakana spelling for this animal name.
Kanji spelling is rare; the word is usually written in kana.
Compound of 姫 (hime, 'princess; small and delicate') + 袋 (fukuro, 'pouch') + 土竜 (mogura, 'mole'), referring to a small, pouch-bearing mole-like marsupial.