Myrmecobius fasciatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyuromorphia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Dasyuromorphia

Familia: Myrmecobiidae
Genus: Myrmecobius
Species: Myrmecobius fasciatus
Subspecies (2): M. f. fasciatus – M. f. rufus

Name

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

Primary references

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

Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page.

Links

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

čeština: Mravencojed žíhaný
English: Numbat
español: hormiguero marsupial
suomi: Pussimuurahaiskarhu
日本語: フクロアリクイ
polski: Mrówkożer workowaty
português: Numbat
svenska: Myrpungdjur