Educational resources on Banded Anteater

Banded Anteater or Myrmecobius fasciatus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A1a, D2 . IUCN Profile of the Banded Anteater

Academic web links for the Banded Anteater.

ADW: Myrmecobius fasciatus: Information
Formally, southwest to southcentral Australia east to southwest New South Wales. Now restricted to the western portion of this range, southwestern West Australia.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Myrmecobius_fasciatus.html

Costa Rica Ecology, Photo Images, and Movies: Tropical Ecosystems of ...
The Banded Anteater scratches itself just before it lays down. Ah, finally, a hard earned rest! and take a nap! This summer, we spotted another Banded Anteater Tamandua mexicana
jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/tropics/costaricaimagecollection.html

www.cs.cmu.edu
...ssp./, of Australia; the banded anteater, /Myrmecobius fasciatus/, an Australian termite-eater which is now nearly extinct.
www.cs.cmu.edu/~eli/words/p12

A Book of Words, page 12
...or scaly anteater, /Pangolin ssp./, of Africa and Asia, having overlapping horny scales; the echidna or spiny anteater, /Tachyglossus ssp./, of Australia; the banded anteater
www.cs.cmu.edu/~eli/words/p12.html

Classification and Natural History of the Mammals
The Banded Anteater is not quite as highlyspecialized in terms of being a burrower as some of the otheranteater types. But nevertheless, it still fits the general description.
www.csupomona.edu/~dfhoyt/classes/zoo138/CNH_MAM.HTML

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
...modern placental mammals, the gray wolf, flying squirrel, great anteater and common mole are ecological parallels respectively, to the Tasmanian wolf, honey glider, banded anteater
life.ou.edu/pubs/tierra/node31.html

Origin of Tetrapods
Marsupials isolated in Australia and South America Sugar Glider Marsupial Mouse Tasmanian Wolf Banded Anteater Marsupial Mole Wombat Tiger Quolls Origin of Tetrapods Latimeria chalumnae
www.sci.sdsu.edu/classes/biology/bio101/hollingsworth/Study/figures3small.pdf

Subclass THERIA
Tamandua tetradactyla (banded anteater) Cyclopes didactylus (silky anteater) Myrmecophaga tridactyla (giant anteater) Family MEGALONYCHIDAE (two
www.csus.edu/indiv/L/lancasterw/bio168/LABS%20BIO168-03/Lab%2010-Eutheria,%20Xenarthra%20...

Education & Outreach
A banded anteater (Tomanclua mexicana) hunts for prey in the trees. A life restoration of an Opabinia regalis devouring an Ottia . At right, two Opabinia regalis fossils preserved in
www.mnh.si.edu/press_office/annual_reports/annualreport2001/pdf_files/Learning.pdf

Mammalogy Lecture 4 - Therian Mammal Diversity
1960 there was a track reported in western Tasmania. There continue to be unverified sightings, but in all likelihood, these are extinct. F: Myrmecobiidae - Numbat or Banded-anteater
www.sci.uidaho.edu/biol483/lectures/Lecture%204A.pdf