Wombats are herbivorous 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. 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.
All wombats live underground.
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.
There are two species of hairy nosed wombat: the northern hairy-nosed wombat and the southern hairy-nosed wombat.
The northern hairy-nosed wombat current distribution is now almost exclusively in and around the Epping Forest National park near Clermont in Queensland.
The southern hairy-nosed wombat is found along the southern areas of South Australia and Western Australia, from the Nullarbor Plain in the west to the Murray River in the east of South Australia.
A wombat has fur because it is a mammal. All mammals have either fur, skin or hair. The wombat's fur helps act as insulation during the weather, and its colouring provides some camouflage.
To protect itself from predators
No. Wombats do not live in the rainforest. They live in grasslands and bushland.
Baby wombats live in their mother's pouch. Wombats are marsupials.
No, there are no wombats in Africa. Wombats are native to Australia alone.
Wombats live in the wild on the continent of Australia.
No animal from the rainforest eats wombats, as wombats do not live in the rainforest.
All three species of wombats are native to Australia.
No. Wombats are not found at Uluru. The area is too dry, and there is insufficient vegetation of the sort preferred by wombats.
Wombats do not live in Montana but live in Australia, in the states of Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and NSW.
No. Wombats are endemic to Australia, meaning they are not found anywhere else.
Wombats are herbivores, and they live in burrows they dig in the ground. Therefore, they feed primarily on grasses and sedges, which are easily accessible for wombats.
Wombats are native to the country and continent of Australia. This is the only country in which they are found in the wild.
wombats are mammals because they give birth to live babies and then they feed the babies milk.