What animals are Numtums?

The Numtums is about a group of 10 multicolored numbats who live in Gumnut Gorge called the Numtums with numbers on their tummies. The Numtums are based on numbats, hence their fondness for eating termites in their café, the Tasty Termite, and they are named after Australian towns, except Champer.

When did Numtums come out?

February 27, 2012The Numtums / First episode date

How many Numtums are there?

There are six young Numtums, Bendy Go, Dar Dar, Champer, Humpty Do, Little Sandy and Coogee, they are also known as the Numpups. Lots of the adventures revolve around them, then there’s Flinders, Gladdy, Hobart and Nimbin – they are the older Numtums but they’re not much more sensible!

Are numbats shy?

Numbats are small, elusive, and shy, so our conservation team in Western Australia is working with partners to determine how they’re faring in the wild.

How many numbats are alive?

1,000 Numbats
There are fewer than 1,000 Numbats left in the wild.

What are baby numbats called?

A group of numbats is called a ‘colony or cloud’, while juveniles of this species are known as ‘pups’.

How are numbats born?

Numbats are marsupials – after birth, their young nurse and develop inside the mothers’ pouch. Adults weigh about one to two pounds and feed exclusively on termites. They are currently found in only a few small colonies in Western Australia.

Is a numbat a bandicoot?

The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), also known as the noombat or walpurti, is an insectivorous marsupial. It is diurnal and its diet consists almost exclusively of termites….

Numbat
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Myrmecobiidae Waterhouse, 1841
Genus:	Myrmecobius Waterhouse, 1836

How many numbats are left?

There are fewer than 1,000 Numbats left in the wild. This is less than the number of orangutans in Sumatra and even less than the number of Giant Pandas in Asia. Numbats need to be protected from becoming extinct through habitat protection, fox and cat control, and land management to ensure the bush is left intact.

Do numbats eat ants?

Diet: Insectivorous Numbats eat many different species of termites but they do not eat ants (except for incidentally when foraging for termites).

How big do numbats grow?

Numbats grow to about 25 centimetres long (not including the fluffy tail which adds a further 17 centimetres), and have a striking pattern rusty orange and grey-black fur, with transverse white bands across the rump.

Is Crash Bandicoot a real animal?

Crash bandicoot is an extinct bandicoot, known from fossils located at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in northeast Australia.

Why are numbats dying?

ABOUT THE NUMBAT Numbats are one of Australia’s most threatened marsupials, being listed under the EPBC Act and the IUCN Red List as Endangered. As with many native species, their main threats are feral predators and loss of habitat through land clearing.

How big do numbats get?

Do numbats climb trees?

Numbats rest in burrows either in hollow logs, trees or underground in chambers that can be 1–2 m long. They use shredded grass, bark, feathers, leaves and flowers to make a nest at the end of their burrow. They can climb logs and trees, using their long, sharp claws, to find shelter.

Do numbats burrow?

Numbats were historically found in a range of different habitats from mulga woodland and spinifex sandplains to eucalypt woodlands and forests. They shelter in large hollow logs, or construct a short (one to two metre) burrow with a small chamber at the end.