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Farrer has or used to have 33 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Numbat.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Numbat

Myrmecobius fasciatus

Status: Endangered

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Myrmecobius fasciatus is found across 8 electorates.

The numbat is diurnal and feeds almost exclusively on termites which it obtains by uncovering galleries on the forest floor. It nests in hollow logs, tree hollows or in burrows. Previously widespread in arid and semi-arid Australia, the species is now restricted to two isolated wild populations in south-west Western Australia and a number of translocations to predator proof locations.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimes