numbat

species of mammal

Taxon taxon Q242419

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: taxon
Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[7]^[8]^[9]
Diel cycle: diurnality^[24]
Endemic to: Australia^[5]
Gestation period: +14^[19]
Has characteristic: viviparity^[10]
IUCN conservation status: near threatened^[3]
Litter size: +4^[23]
Longest observed lifespan: +11^[20]
Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology^[21]
Mass: +600^[18]
P14516: endangered^[25]
Parent taxon: Myrmecobius^[4]
Taxon author citation: Waterhouse, 1836^[22]
Taxon common name: Numbat, Fourmilier Marsupial Rayé, Banded Anteater, Numbat, Ameisenbeutler, Gebänderter Ameisenbeutler, numbat, Hormiguero Marsupial, Mrówkożer workowaty^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Taxon name: Myrmecobius fasciatus^[6]
Taxon rank: species^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en walpurti en numbat en noombat ar نمبات ar النمبات cs mravencojed cs mravencojedovití cs mravencojed žíhaný de Gebänderter Ameisenbeutler de Ameisenbeutler el Νούμπατ es Mirmecobio es Hormiguero Marsupial fa نامبت fi numbatti fi pussimuurahaiskarhu fr Fourmilier Marsupial Rayé fr Mymécobie à bandes fr Myrmécobie fr Myrmécobie à bandes

🔖 Identifiers · 38

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Numbat.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID: Myrmecobius_fasciatus
AIATSIS Subject Thesaurus ID: 6657
ARKive ID (archived): myrmecobius-fasciatus, numbat/myrmecobius-fasciatus
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID: 1000219
AnimalBase ID: 4231
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID: scot/12949
Australian Faunal Directory ID: Myrmecobius_fasciatus
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 198771
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: ameisenbeutler
Catalogue of Life ID: 73TBD
ECOS ID: 5118

Show all 38 identifiers +26

Encyclopedia of Life ID: 311158
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/numbat
Fossilworks taxon ID: 234455
Freebase ID: /m/01gg4d
GBIF taxon ID: 5219465
GenBank assembly accession number: GCA_904813525.1, GCA_904813275.1, GCA_023553655.1
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: maurpungdyr, numbat
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4173455
INaturalist taxon ID: 40262
IRMNG ID: 10907953
ITIS TSN: 552592
IUCN taxon ID: 14222
MSW ID: 10800007
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2778883916
NCBI taxonomy ID: 55782
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007538635405171
Observation.org taxon ID: 85666
Open Tree of Life ID: 70811
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 234455
Species Profile and Threats Database ID: 294
Topic's main category: Category:Myrmecobius fasciatus
Vikidia article ID: fr:Numbat
WikiKids ID: Numbat
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 01888139-n
Xeno-canto species ID: Myrmecobius-fasciatus
Yale LUX ID: concept/8da09c39-3ad5-42d7-a5a0-8038a02cf200

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Described by source 1

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Diel cycle 1

diurnality

Endemic to 1

Australia

IUCN conservation status 1

endangered

Instance of 1

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Parent taxon 1

Myrmecobius

Taxon rank 1

species

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Summary

numbat is a taxon^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ numbat — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ numbat — IUCN conservation status (P141): Near Threatened. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved 2023-01-02. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ numbat — parent taxon (P171): Myrmecobius. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ numbat — endemic to (P183): Australia. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ numbat — taxon name (P225): Myrmecobius fasciatus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ numbat — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ numbat — described by source (P1343): New Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ numbat — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947). wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ numbat — has characteristic (P1552): viviparity. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ numbat — taxon common name (P1843): Numbat. ARKive. Retrieved 2016-10-21. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ numbat — taxon common name (P1843): Fourmilier Marsupial Rayé. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ numbat — taxon common name (P1843): Banded Anteater. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-21. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ numbat — taxon common name (P1843): Ameisenbeutler. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ numbat — taxon common name (P1843): Gebänderter Ameisenbeutler. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ numbat — taxon common name (P1843): Hormiguero Marsupial. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-19. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ numbat — taxon common name (P1843): Mrówkożer workowaty. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ numbat — mass (P2067): 600 g. Myrmecobius fasciatus (Dasyuromorphia: Myrmecobiidae). wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ numbat — gestation period (P3063): 14 day. Myrmecobius fasciatus (Dasyuromorphia: Myrmecobiidae). wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ numbat — longest observed lifespan (P4214): 11 years. Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ numbat — maintained by WikiProject (P6104): WikiProject Invasion Biology. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ numbat — taxon author citation (P6507): Waterhouse, 1836. biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2021-10-22. biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ numbat — litter size (P7725): 4. Myrmecobius fasciatus (Dasyuromorphia: Myrmecobiidae). wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ numbat — diel cycle (P9566): diurnality. Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ numbat — P14516 (P14516): endangered. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Retrieved 2026-09-07. environment.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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[1] ↑ numbat is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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23d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sitelink count → 57

Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs

Has characteristic → viviparity

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8w ago · TerrorBite · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14516 → endangered

IUCN conservation status → near threatened

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14516: endangered, Added EPBC conservation status (P14516) using data from https://www.environment.gov.au"

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