The body length of a numbat is about 23 cm, and its tail measures around another 18 cm.
An adult numbat's tail measures around 18 cm in length.
Yes, the numbat does have a long bushy tail. The tail measure about the same length as the body of the numbat. They are known to carry their tail in an erect position at times.
No. Numbats' tails have little to do with helping the animal balance. In the case of most animals (with the exception of kangaroos), a tail is used for balancing by arboreal animals, and the numbat is not arboreal.
No. The numbat is not a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. The numbat is a marsupial, which gives live birth.
The numbat originated on the Australian continent.
The gestation period of a numbat is just fourteen days. After the young are born, they attach to the mother's teats, which swell in their mouth, enabling them to hang on and develop further for several weeks. The young joeys are then placed in a chamber in the numbat's burrow when they are around six months old.
A numbat is not a rodent. It is a marsupial. Rodents are placental mammals.
The numbat's scientific name is Myrmecobius fasciatus.
The Numbat is a marsupial anteater of Western Australia.
Threats to the numbat began with European colonisation of Australia.
The numbat is not tall. When sitting on their haunches, their height is about 25 cm.
Yes. The numbat is the only completely diurnal marsupial.