Order Dasyuromorphia Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 29 37 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353066 1-56098-217-9 7353066 Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterhouse, 1836 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836:69 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , Western Australia , Mt. Kokeby, S of Beverley . DISTRIBUTION: SW Western Australia ; formerly in NW South Australia and SW New South Wales . STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered. SYNONYMS: rufus.