Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Parkes has or used to have 40 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
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
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- Atriplex infrequens (Atriplex infrequens)
- Austrostipa metatoris (Austrostipa metatoris)
- Austrostipa wakoolica (Austrostipa wakoolica)
- Bertya opponens (Bertya opponens)
- Mossgiel Daisy (Brachyscome papillosa)
- Ooline (Cadellia pentastylis)
- Callistemon pungens (Callistemon pungens)
- Moore's Burr-daisy (Calotis moorei)
- Bluegrass (Dichanthium setosum)
- a spike rush (Eleocharis obicis)
- Austral Pipewort (Eriocaulon australasicum)
- Salt Pipewort (Eriocaulon carsonii)
- Frankenia plicata (Frankenia plicata)
- Flame Spider-flower (Grevillea kennedyana)
- Lake Keepit Hakea (Hakea pulvinifera)
- Belson's Panic (Homopholis belsonii)
- Homoranthus darwinioides (Homoranthus darwinioides)
- Indigofera efoliata (Indigofera efoliata)
- Spiny Pepper-cress (Lepidium aschersonii)
- Winged Pepper-cress (Lepidium monoplocoides)
- Chariot Wheels (Maireana cheelii)
- a green alga (Nitella parooensis)
- Hawkweed (Picris evae)
- a leek-orchid (Prasophyllum sp. Wybong )
- Sclerolaena walkeri (Sclerolaena walkeri)
- Menindee Nightshade (Solanum karsense)
- Slender Darling-pea (Swainsona murrayana)
- Red Darling-pea (Swainsona plagiotropis)
- Yellow Swainson-pea (Swainsona pyrophila)
- Small Purple-pea (Swainsona recta)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
- Tylophora linearis (Tylophora linearis)
- Xerothamnella parvifolia (Xerothamnella parvifolia)
- Ingram's Zieria (Zieria ingramii)
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