Vichhay's+Report+on+the+endangered+NUMBAT

=Vichhay's report on the endangered NUMBAT=

THE NUMBAT


The Numbat is a solitaty timid marsupial animal. Numbats only inhabit a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. There are some factors that are interesting about Numbats such as their appearance, habitat, breeding cycles, diet and the efforts made to protect them.

Numbats are about 25cm in lenght with a tail that is about 18cm long. They are a reddish brown colour that helps them to blend in with their surroundings. Therefore, they can find their food easily and safely. Numbats normally live in eucalyptus forests and woodlands with grassy undserstories. They shelter in fallen hollow logs or dead-trees. They use logs as a bolt holes to escape from danger.

The female Numbat does not have a pouch like kangaroos, but it has four teats for the young to cling to. The young will stay attached to the teats. After a while the mother leaves them in the borrow. Mother can only feed the babies at night, because in the daytime the mother finds food.

Numbats eat mostly termites. Numbats can find termites by using their sensitve nose. They usually search termites on the woodland floor. Numbats can use their long slender tongue to collect termites without chewing, they simply swallow them. They use their strong claws to pull logs apart to get termites.

Some factors that have contributed to the decline of Numbats are the destruction of their habitats predators and fires. The increase of clearing bush for agriculture has also limited their habitat. Foxes and feral cats are also predators of Numbats in the wild. The abandoned domestic dogs and cats are attack and eat Numbats. The combination of the introduced predators and bush fires has brought the numbers of Numbers to a low and critical level.

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