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.
Common wombat in Narawntapu National Park, Tasmania. It is widespread in the cooler and better-watered parts of southern and eastern Australia, including Tasmania, and in mountain districts as far north as the south of Queensland, but is declining in western Victoria and South Australia.hree subspecies are noted, though their distinctness is somewhat uncertain: 1  V. u. hirsutus, the nominate form, is found on the Australian mainland. 2  V. u. tasmaniensis is found in Tasmania. 3  V. u. ursinus was once found throughout the Bass Strait Islands, but is now restricted to Flinders Island to the north of Tasmania.