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The scientific name for the extinct animal known as the Diprotodon is Diprotodon optatum. Otherwise known as a giant wombat, this animal is the one from which the order 'Diprotodontia' was derived. Diprotodontia encompasses marsupials such as wombats, koalas, kangaroos and possums (but not opossums, which are of a different order).
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'Diprotodon optatum' is the scientific name for the Diprotodon, or giant wombat. The Diprotodon was the largest of the marsupials and probably the best known of Australia's megafauna, living many millennia ago. It stood 1.8 to 2 m high at the shoulder and was 3 to 3.8m long from head to tail.
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They found fossils
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The Diprotodon (giant wombat) no longer exists. When it did exist, it was the largest of the marsupials. It measured up to 1.7 m at the shoulder, and its length averaged 3.8 m from head to tail.
What is the life cycle of a diprotodon?
The Diprotodon's life cycle can only be guessed at, as it disappeared long before humans made any studies or observations of ancient fauna. The male was believed to be larger than the female, and also believed to mate with any number of females. The Diprotodon reared its young in a pouch, where the young fed from a teat in much e same way as today's wombats do. There are several cases where the skeleton of a female Diprotodon has been found with a baby still in its mother's pouch.
What are the enemies of a diprotodon?
The Diprotodon was the largest of the marsupials known in ancient Australia, so it had few predators. The now extinct marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) was believed to be a predator, given that a fossil Diprotodon bone was found near some marsupial lion teeth at a site in New South Wales, and sporting tooth marks matching those of the marsupial lion. Since the Australian Aborigines are believed to have contributed to the extinction of the Diprotodon through hunting and through changing the ecology by their fire regimes, it could be said that they, too, were its enemies.
Is the diprotodon considered a cryptid?
No. Cryptids are legendary creatures for which no hard evidence exists - only "sightings" which are unsubstantiated. Diprotodon (giant wombat) fossils have been found through much of outback Australia, giving solid evidence for the existence of these megafauna.
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