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Scientific Name: Myrmecobius Fasciatus
Listed as Endangered in: Australia
Numbats lives in shelters in hollow logs, after nesting leaves, grass, and bark in the log. They are marsupials so the are active during the day and not the night. Their diet consists of termites. Numbats like to live alone until mating season where the female feeds the young at night. The estimated population is about two thousand. Threats to the species are loss of habitat and the introduction of the red fox.
Listed as Endangered in: Australia
Numbats lives in shelters in hollow logs, after nesting leaves, grass, and bark in the log. They are marsupials so the are active during the day and not the night. Their diet consists of termites. Numbats like to live alone until mating season where the female feeds the young at night. The estimated population is about two thousand. Threats to the species are loss of habitat and the introduction of the red fox.