MYRMECOBIIDAE, Waterhouse, 1841

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Myrmecobiidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 222-231 : 222

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6621582
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6611465
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scientific name	MYRMECOBIIDAE
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Family MYRMECOBIIDAE View in CoL

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• Smallsized marsupial with pointed snout, c. 50 reduced teeth, long vermiform tongue, and eyes near top of head; sparse, short, stiff hair on dorsal surface, softer and longer ventrally, and prominent dorsal white bands; long sparse tail hair; no pouch.

• 35-45 cm. View Figure

• Australasian Region. View Figure

• Eucalypt forest and woodland and savanna woodland.

• 1 genus, 1 species, at least 1 extant taxon.

• I species Endangered; 1 subspecies Extinct since 1600.