#numbats

[numbattery]

Let’s have a piggyback ride with Mama!!

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldNumbatDay :

Wendy Binks (Australia)

Wide World, 2015

Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 56 x 4cm

[skydarcyedwards]

After Dryandra

Sky Edwards

2023

Ballpoint pen on distressed paper

[aquatic-batt]

so many guys wowwwww

Rain (she/her), Sunshine (she/her), Uzoma (they/them), Nippy (she/her), Snowball (she/her), Honey (they/them), Bee (she/her), Meep (they/them), Saddy (they/them), Marrow (she/her)

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Chordata

Dasyuromorphia. This order is made up of carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, numbats, and the Tasmanian devil.

Urodela. This order is made up of amphibians that have a tail, such as newts and salamanders, including the axolotl.

Which clade of animals is better?

Dasyuromorphia

Urodela

Show results

Voting ended onApr 20, 2024

[antiqueanimals]

La Vie des Animaux Illustrée. Written by Alfred Brehm. Illustration by Robert Kretschmer. 1869 French edition.

Internet Archive

[cool-animals-wow]

NUMBAT

This species is Endangered!!

Scientific name: Myrmecobius fasciatus

Nyoongar name: Noombat

links and studd

Numbat - WWF Australia | Numbat | WWF Australia

Numbats are one of the more unusual Australian marsupials - unlike most of our native species they're active during the day, are carnivorous

Numbat | Western Australian Museum

Nyoongar Name: Noombat Scientific Name: Myrmecobius fasciatus Common Name: Numbat Conservation status: Endangered. This means a species is v

[pixoplanet]

It's November 5th, 🌏 World Numbat Day – a special day to honor, celebrate, and take action to conserve one of the most unique mammals on a continent full of unique mammals – Australia, of course! I bet if you aren't from Australia, you've never heard of the Numbat before, have you? Well, let me enlighten you a tiny little bit here, and maybe if we’re lucky, some more Numbat enthusiasts will enlighten us even more.

The Numbat is a very cute little endangered marsupial about the size of its more well-known cousin, the opossum. It has a long, sticky tongue perfectly evolved for devouring termites, which it feeds on exclusively – about 20,000 a day. The Numbat is under threat mainly from habitat loss and introduced predators like foxes and feral cats. With an estimated population of fewer than 1,000 animals, the Numbat desperately needs our help to ensure its survival as a species.

The Perth Zoo operates the only captive Numbat breeding program in the world. Every year, they release juveniles back into the wild into areas managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife to boost the wild population. Everybody living in Australia can contribute directly to the Numbat conservation effort by practicing responsible pet ownership (especially cats) and by never removing hollow logs from the bush (Numbats' preferred homes). It would be such a shame to lose these adorable creatures, wouldn’t it? ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet