The numbat


the Numbat lives in the southern and western parts of Australia. This animals name was Banded Anteater.It eats termites and ants. He uses the claws to hunt for his preys. In 1970 the population of Numbats of Australia declined to abaout 1000 Numbats.A Numabt is about the size of a small cat. It lives in the forest. it has a sticky and long tounge to eat the ants and termites. The Numbat is a marsupial such as Kangaroo.


      

• Numbats body is covered with a red brownish fur with white stripes on their back. They
• They can eat up to 20 000 termites per day, which equals 10% of its own weight
• An avereg life span of a Numbat is of 4 to 8 years
• Now a days it has been estimated  there are only 1500 numbats  left in the wild.
• its tounge is longer than its own body
• the cause of the numbats dying is becase ots predetors and because of humans that are normally not respectful to the nature.

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