The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus, VU) is a marsupial 'anteater' that is the only member of its entire family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in Southwest Australia] Reference

The squirrel-sized numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus, VU), is one example - the marsupial equivalent to the anteaters of South America and also known by the names of walpurti or banded anteater, the numbat is the only member of the family Myrmecobiidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in Southwest Australia] Reference

Wales, South Australia, and the North-west Coast; but they are not found in Van Diemen's Land, and the genus Myrmecobius appears to be peculiar to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Still older than the above are some fossil quadrupeds of small size, found in the Upper Trias of Stuttgart in Germany, and more lately by Mr.C. Moore in beds of corresponding age near Frome, which are also of a very low grade, like the living Myrmecobius of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Antiquity of Man] Reference

A number of endangered or restricted range mammals are found in this ecoregion, including the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus VU), chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii VU), woylie (Bettongia penicillata), tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis VU), southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), and red-tailed phascogales (Phascogale calura EN).    From Wordnik.com.  [Southwest Australia woodlands] Reference

Numbat ( '' Myrmecobius fasciatus ''), Australia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southwest Australia woodlands] Reference

Myrmecobius? rufus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Myrmecobius fasciatus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference