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.
Black bears, absent from the Alaska Peninsula, are found in most of the state. Dall bighorn sheep live high in the mountains from the Kenai Peninsula to the Brooks Range and southeastward in the interior St. Elias and Boundary ranges. Mountain goats are in the Chugach, Kenai, Talkeetna, St. Elias, and Boundary ranges.