1) Ant-eating Australian 2) Anteater 3) Banded anteater 4) Dasyurid 5) Dasyurid marsupial 6) Myrmecobius fasciatus 7) Nearly extinct 
The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), also known as the banded anteater, marsupial anteater, or walpurti, is a marsupial found in Western Australia. Its diet consists almost exclusively of termites. Once widespread across southern Australia, its range is now restricted to several small colonies, and it is listed as an endangered species. The numbat ...
termite-eating anteater-like marsupial with white stripes
(Myrmecobius fasciatus), marsupial mammal of the family Dasyuridae (some authorities classify it as a family in its own right, Myrmecobiidae). It ...
[n] - small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites
banded anteater noun small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct