Myrmecobius fasciatus

G. R. Waterhouse, 1836

Numbat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Myrmecobiidae
Genus : Myrmecobius

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1836-10-18. Description of a new genus of mammiferous animals from New Holland, which will probably be found to belong to the marsupial type. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836:69-70.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570794

Original name as described

Myrmecobius fasciatus

Other common names

Banded Anteater · Marsupial Anteater

Type locality

"interior of the Swan River settlement, about 90 miles to the S.E. of the mouth of that River," Western Austra­lia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000219

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Myrmecobius fasciatus var. rufus

Finlayson, 1933

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

SAMA M3061, SAMA M3759

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41570019

Authority publication

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Myrmecobius diemenensis

Lesson, 1842

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

diemenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

191

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus

Groves, 2005

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

fasciatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Myrmecobius fasciatus

G. R. Waterhouse, 1836

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

fasciatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570794

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Fitzinger (1855:461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14222/21949380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myrmecobius? rufus

T. L. Mitchell, 1838

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

xvii

Authority publication

London

Myrmecobius Diemenensis

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

diemenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729757

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Myrmecobius rufus

Wood Jones, 1923

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Adelaide

Myrmecobius Diemensis

S. Jackson & Groves, 2015

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

diemensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Clayton South

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