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.