#myrmecobiidae

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Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), family Myrmecobiidae, order Dasyuromorphia, Western Australia

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Sometimes referred to as the "Marsupial Anteater", and like "true anteaters", they actually eat mainly termites.

Once wide spread across Australia, they are now only found in small colonies in Western Australia and NSW.

photograph via: Numbat Task Force

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A group of numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus) in Australia

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Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus

The species was once widespread across southern Australia, but is now restricted to several small colonies in Western Australia and is an endangered species. Numbats are insectivores and an adult eats up to 20,000 termites in a day. They dig them up from loose earth with their front claws and capture them with their long, sticky tongue.

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