If you are writing for a general audience (even an general academic audience) you should avoid using in-group jargon without explanations. Overloading your audience with words they do not understand will not help you achieve your purpose.
Genus. Myrmecobius. The numbat is a small carnivorous marsupial from Australia, and the only member of the family Myrmecobiidae. It is a specialised termite-eater and is easily recognised by its slender, graceful body and short, stiff hair which is reddish-brown with black and white stripes across its back and rump.
Some animals are so iconic that they become almost synonymous with coral reefs. Pictured in every pet store mural, dive shop pamphlet and underwater photographerâs portfolio, the Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) lives not only on coral reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific, but also in the reef of our collective conscience.