Which of these animals' diet consists almost exclusively of termites?
Correct answer: Numbat
Dickens
Sheriffe, interesting lesson. I learned something new today.
Sheriffe
It has the most teeth of any Australian land mammal or marsupial - 50 to 52. It is most in danger (like most of Australian small marsupials) to predation by feral cats which is why preservation breeding attempts have to be done in especially fenced enclosures.
Terrie
alderaanic, Wombats are huge, big and solid, Numbat are like long squirrels but with a long, pointy snout
Terrie
jhunfelix, I am Australian and when my children do something funny, I say.. "silly little numbat"... affectionately of course.
alderaanic
Never heard of a Numbat but presumably it's like a Woombat.