Numbat – Juvenile feeding

Order Dasyuromorphia; Family Myrmecobyiidae (Numbat); Scientific name: Myrmecobius fasciatus; Common name: Numbat – Juvenile Numbat extracting termites from rotting wood - Distribution in Australia: Confined to a few reserves in south-western Western Australia with some reintroduced populations in south-eastern South Australia and south-western New South Wales – Conservation status: ENDANGERED SPECIES.