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Family: Myrmecobiidae - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/dasyuromorphia/myrmecobi

The Myrmecobiidae contains a single species, the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus). Numbats are found in southern Australia. Once widespread, they have been reduced to few isolated populations by habitat destruction and predation by the introduced red fox.

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Dasyuromorphia - Carnivorous Marsupials - English
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8447/dasyuromorphia.html

Order: Dasyuromorphia: The Kultarr, The Tasmanian Devil, The Numbat, The Thylacine.

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Numbat, or Banded Anteater - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/marsupialia.myrmecobiidae.myrmecobius.html

The single known genus and species, Myrmecobius fasciatus, occurred in suitable areas from southwestern Western Australia through northern South Australia to southwestern New South Wales (Ride 1970). This genus sometimes has been placed in the family Dasyuridae, but the sum of available information indicates that it represents a distinct family (Archer and Kirsch 1977).

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