Myrmecobius fasciatus

G. R. Waterhouse, 1836

Numbat

Hand-held, side view, white lines on rump visible. Also as Banded Anteater, Marsupial Anteater.
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Location:Australia, WA, Boyajin State ForestDate taken:UnknownDescription:Hand-held, side view, white lines on rump visible. Also as Banded Anteater, Marsupial Anteater.

Distribution :

SW Australia

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1191

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 material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

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://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000219

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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.

Total: 10 names and synonyms.

Myrmecobius fasciatus

G. R. Waterhouse, 1836

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

fasciatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in the interior of the Swan River Settlement, about 90 miles to the S.E. of the mouth of that river.

Type locality

Australia: Western Australia.

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Waterhouse (1838:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12865653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68794)
Waterhouse (1841:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41191)
Lesson (1842:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Fitzinger (1855:461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
Van der Hoeven (1855:902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60549)
Giebel (1855:725, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Murray (1866:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Thomas (1888:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9306)
Ogilby (1892:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
Trouessart (1905:848, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Jaekel (1911:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51128789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69376)
Tate (1951:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63256647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15897)
Corbet & Hill (1980:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69000)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Jackson & Groves (2015:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
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

Type locality

Australia.

Authority page

xvii

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Waterhouse (1841:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41191)
Jackson & Groves (2015:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Myrmecobius fasciata:

E. Blyth, 1840

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

fasciatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918318

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1840:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)

Myrmecobius diemenensis

Lesson, 1842

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

diemenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Original type locality

Van-Diémen

Authority page

191

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Myrmecobius Diemenensis

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

diemenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Type locality

Australia: Western Australia.

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

Type locality

Australia: South Australia.

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Adelaide

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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

Type locality

Australia: South Australia.

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

Tate (1951:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63256647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15897)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
Jackson & Groves (2015:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Myrmecobius fasciatus diemenensis:

Tate, 1951

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

diemenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63256647

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Tate (1951:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63256647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15897)

Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus:

Tate, 1951

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

fasciatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63256647

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Tate (1951:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63256647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15897)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
Jackson & Groves (2015:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Myrmecobius Diemensis:

S. Jackson & Groves, 2015

Family

Myrmecobiidae

Root name

diemensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Clayton South

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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