Its closest living relative is thought to be either the Tasmanian devil or numbat.
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As a result, marsupials such as the numbat and woylie increased, being able to supply Wamsley's needs.
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They are the woylie, the bilby, the numbat, the bridled nailtail wallaby, the burrowing betong and the stick-net rat.
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The numbat is also on the brink of extinction.
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Do you know how often I see a numbat?
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They compared the sequences to a mitochondrial genome sequence they determined from a living reference species, a marsupial called a numbat.
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However, research published in Genome Research in January 2009 suggests that the numbat may be more basal than the devil and more closely related to the thylacine.
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Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
The Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), also known as the Banded Ant Eater, is a marsupial found in Western Australia. Its diet consists almost exclusively of termites. ...