Myrmecobiidae Author Russell A. Mittermeier Author Don E. Wilson text 2015 2015-06-30 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials 222 231 book chapter 67066 10.5281/zenodo.6621582 ac99ae25-926f-4b17-980d-5955c9bfaca6 978-84-96553-99-6 6621582 Family MYRMECOBIIDAE (NUMBAT) • Smallsized marsupial with pointed snout, c. 50 reduced teeth, long vermiform tongue, and eyes near top of head; sparse, short, stiff hair on dorsal surface, softer and longer ventrally, and prominent dorsal white bands; long sparse tail hair; no pouch. • 35-45 cm. • Australasian Region. • Eucalypt forest and woodland and savanna woodland. • 1 genus, 1 species, at least 1 extant taxon. • I species Endangered; 1 subspecies Extinct since 1600.