Species Profile
Myrmecobius fasciatus
Numbat
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Found in open woodlands of Australia.
Lives in burrows and hollow logs.
Important termite controller.
Size & Structure
01
Slender body
02
White bands on back
03
Long sticky tongue
04
Bushy tail
Myrmecobius fasciatus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral symmetry
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well-developed brain and spinal cord
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Lungs
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Controls termites
Maintains woodland balance
Food web role
Economic Importance
Conservation flagship
Research interest
Tourism value