Field guide

Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus, LC)

Common wombat

A stocky, low-slung marsupial with small eyes, a bare nose and coarse grey-brown fur, it digs extensive burrows through heath, forest and grassland across southern and eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Notably produces cube-shaped droppings.

Taxonomy

Kingdom / phylum / class
Animalia · Chordata · Mammalia
Order / family / genus
Diprotodontia · Vombatidae · Vombatus

Conservation

Least concern

· LC

Widespread and abundant taxa.

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