Numbat  (Myrmecobius fasciatus)

Authenticated (18/06/08) by Tony Friend, Principal Research Scientist, Science Division, Albany Research, Department of Environment and Conservation.

• Carnivore: flesh-eating.
• Marsupial: a diverse group of mammals characterised by their reproduction, in which gestation is very short, and the female typically has a pouch (marsupium) in which the young are raised. When born, the tiny young crawls to the mother’s teats, where it attaches and stays for a variable amount of time, whilst it continues to develop. Marsupials also differ from placental mammals in their dentition.
• Re-introduction: an attempt to establish a native species back into an area where it previously occurred.

1. IUCN Red List (June, 2008)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org
2. Friend, J.A. (2008) Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus. In: van Dyck. S. and Strahan, R. (Ed) The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition.Reed New Holland, Sydney.
3. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (October, 2003)
   http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/
4. Department of Conservation and Land Management (October, 2003)
   http://www.naturebase.net/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,372/dir,ASC/order,name/Itemid,1288/limit,5/limitstart,10/
5. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
6. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker’s Mammals of the World.The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
7. Friend, T. (2008) Pers. comm.
8. Kennedy, M. (1992) Australian Marsupials and Monotremes, An Action Plan for their Conservation.IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.