Talk:Numbat

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[edit] Foxes

"The deliberate release of the European Red Fox in the 19th century, however, wiped out the entire Numbat populations in Victoria, NSW, South Australia, and the Northern Territory, and..."

So do these foxes directly hunt and eat Numbats ? Or do Numbats starve when these foxes grab all the resources first ?

Answer: The red fox eats the numbats. It is believed that numbats are most vulnerable to foxes in habitats where there aren't many logs for them to hide in (ie deserts). The foxes are able to dig them out of burrows but it's harder for them to get to numbats that can shelter in logs.

This species is apparently going to be trial released in the Arid Recovery reserve in Roxby Downs, sometime this year (2005). --SydBoy 11:14, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Foxes eat numbats.61.230.88.35 11:07, 14 June 2006 (UTC)