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Common Wombat
Scientific Name
Vombatus ursinus Family Vombatidae Status Least concern. More common in south-eastern Australia. Habitat Cool Australian environments from open woodlands to closed forests.
Description
A generally solitary marsupial up to one metre in length. Creates extensive burrows. Diet consists of grasses, sedges, herbs bark and roots. The common wombat rears is young in a backwards-facing pouch. References Groves, Colin. (2005). Mammal Species of the World. 3rd ed. John Hopkins University Press.   |
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