No. Numbats do not curl into a ball when threatened. They hide in hollow logs and under rocks.
No. The numbat is not like an armadillo. It does not roll into any spherical shape when threatened. Its only defence is to hide in hollow logs and crevices in trees or rocks.
They curl into a ball.
No. The numbat is not a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. The numbat is a marsupial, which gives live birth.
hedgehogs curl up into a ball when threatened
The numbat originated on the Australian continent.
The Numbat is a marsupial anteater of Western Australia.
The numbat's scientific name is Myrmecobius fasciatus.
A numbat is not a rodent. It is a marsupial. Rodents are placental mammals.
If threatened. But they normally ball up as a defense
They roll into a ball when felt threatened.
The numbat is not tall. When sitting on their haunches, their height is about 25 cm.
Threats to the numbat began with European colonisation of Australia.