#050
Common Wombat
Vombatus ursinus
Moderate
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Mammals
- Family
- Vombatidae
- Size
- 90–120 cm (length)
- Weight
- 22–35 kg
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Lifespan
- 12–15 yrs
- Habitat
- Forests, Heathland, Mountain slopes
About
The common wombat, also known as the bare-nosed wombat, is a marsupial, one of three extant species of wombats and the sole extant member of the genus Vombatus. It has three subspecies: Vombatus ursinus hirsutus, found on the Australian mainland; Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis, found in Tasmania; and Vombatus ursinus ursinus, found on Flinders Island and Maria Island in the Bass Strait.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.