What is special about a wombat?

Answer 1

A wombat is a kind of Australian marsupial that lives in a burrow. They emerge at night or on winter days to feed on grasses and roots. Wombats do not need to drink, and their metabolism is very slow which equips them well for desert life. They grow to around a meter in length. There are three main species: the common Wombat of the east coast, the Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat of the central southern desert and the Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat, which is critically endangered.

Wombats are thick set and muscular creatures but can run quite fast for their stocky build. When vehicles hit them, it can cause a serious accident. A wombat's pouch faces backward so dirt does not enter it in the process of digging its burrow. See the Related Link for a picture of a wombat.

Answer 2

The wombat is an Australian marsupial - the female incubates her young in her pouch. ___ There are three species of wombat, the Common Wombat, the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat which is seriously endangered and, the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat. Wombats are a mostly nocturnal herbivorous marsupial mammal and live in burrows. They are the largest herbivorous burrowing animals in the world. They have a stout body, blunt head and broad paws with strong claws making it a powerful earth-mover, burrowing up to 2 metres a night. A typical burrow is about 50 cm high and 50 cm wide and can be up to 30 metres long with several chambers including nursery burrows. A wombat warns off intruders with an aggressive display of head shaking, gnashing teeth and a guttural growl. Burrows provide wombats with protection from predators, weather and bushfires. A predator following a wombat into its burrow can be crushed against the roof by the wombat's powerful rump, however, a wombat will abandon the burrow if a snake moves in. When wombats are resting in a burrow, their metabolism slows to two-thirds of normal to conserve water and energy.

Answer 3

A wombat is an Australian dwelling marsupial

Answer 4

The word 'wombat' refers to a stocky, burrowing Austalian marsupial. The name is derived from the original Eora word for the wombat and has no other meaning in the aboriginal dialect.

Answer 5

Wombats are Marsupials from the Family Vombatidae. They are herbivores which are found in Australia.