Myrmecobius fasciatus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Dasyuromorphia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Myrmecobiidae
Genus: Myrmecobius
Species: Myrmecobius fasciatus
Subspecies (2): M. f. fasciatus – M. f. rufus
Name
[edit]Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterhouse, 1836: 69
- Holotype: Unknown.
- Type locality: “in the interior of the Swan River Settlement, about 90 miles to the S.E. of the mouth of that river”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Waterhouse, G.R. 1836. Description of a new genus of mammiferous animals from New Holland, which will probably be found to belong to the marsupial type. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 4: 69–70. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Woinarski, J. & Burbidge, A.A. 2016. IUCN: Myrmecobius fasciatus (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T14222A21949380. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14222A21949380.en. Accessed on 04 April 2024.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Numbat
español: hormiguero marsupial
suomi: Pussimuurahaiskarhu
日本語: フクロアリクイ
polski: Mrówkożer workowaty
português: Numbat
svenska: Myrpungdjur
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