Wombats  
Wombats are burrowing animals that are either sandy brown or grayish black to blend in with the landscape and avoid predators. There are three species of wombats. They are found in Australia and Tasmania.
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Family Phascolarctidae
Wombats are medium to large size animals with a stocky body, short limbs, small ears, and a very short tail.
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Wombat
The wombat has a backwards facing pouch. This protects the baby from dirt when the mother is burrowing. Learn more and print out a wombat diagram.
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The northern-hairy nosed wombat has a stocky body, a huge head, and short, powerful forearms it uses for burrowing.
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Northern hairy-nosed Wombat
Hairy-nosed wombats are among the rarest of all Australian mammals. Less than 150 northern hairy-nosed wombats survive in the wild today.
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Northern hairy-nosed Wombat
The only population of the hairy-nosed wombat is in the Epping Forest National Park, northwest of Clermont in Central Queensland.
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Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
The southern hairy-nosed wombat lives the semi-arid and arid grasslands and woodlands of southern South Australia and south-east Western Australia
. Learn more and print out a wombat fact sheet.
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Southern hairy-nosed Wombat
Wombats are grass eaters. A wombat’s teeth grow throughout its life, so the teeth never wear down.
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Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Wombats dig large burrow complexes. Five to ten wombats share the complex and spend the day sleeping.
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Vombatus (coarse-haired wombat)
Coarse-haired Wombat
The course-haired wombat lives in the hilly or mountainous coastal country of southeastern South Australia and Tasmania.
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