Wombats

Wombats usually sleep in their burrow during the day. On sunny winter afternoons, they can sometimes be seen sunning themselves near the entrance.

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Common wombats are found only in Australia.

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.

For defence, the wombat literally uses its backside. It has extra tough, thick skin on its lower back. Because a wombat's burrow is only just big enough for the wombat itself to fit into, in the event of a dog or dingo attack, it will turn around and present only that thicker hide to the aggressor, a hide that is difficult for a dingo's teeth to penetrate.

Wombats have very robust claws capable of causing a considerable amount of damage.

Yes. When wombats go hunting for food at night, bark is a regular food source they will eat.

The shape of the dropping has a lot to do with the type of food eaten by wombats and its fairly slow metabolism. The purpose in having cube shaped scats is so that the wombat can better mark its territory. Wombats leave scats to mark their territory atop rocks and logs, and cube shaped scats are less likely to roll away from the wombat's territory.

Wombats are equipped with very strong claws and stout forelegs for digging. They also use their strong teeth to help remove parts of roots or wood. Wombats may have quite complex burrow systems consisting of interconnecting burrows, and they may also overlap with other wombats' burrows. Female wombats have backwards-facing pouches so that the dirt does not get into the pouch.

It depends on the species.

Two marsupials share the shortest gestation period. The Virginian opossum and the yapok (an unusual, rare water opossum) have a gestation period period of 12-13 days. On the other end of the scale, tree kangaroos have the longest gestation period, being 39-45 days. Most other marsupials range between 21 and 33 days.

Yes, wombats are nocturnal, although they emerge from their burrows on sunny winter days. They are most active at dawn and dusk, meaning they are "crepuscular" as well.

Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (aka Queensland Hairy-nosed Wombat, Yaminon)

Scientific name: Lasiorhinus krefftii The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat is a marsupial with a backward facing pouch. The curious name comes from its distinctive muzzle which is covered with short brown hairs. It is strong and heavily built, with short, powerful legs and strong claws that are used to dig burrows or search for suitable plants to eat. Its fur is soft, silky, and mainly brown, mottled with grey, fawn and black. It has a broad head, and the ears are long and slightly pointed with tufts of white hair on the edges. The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat gives birth to one young during the wet season (November - April). The young stay in the mothers pouch for eight to nine months. They leave their mother at about 15 months.

Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat

Scientific name: Lasiorhinus latifrons The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat species occurs in parts of southern South Australia, southeastern Western Australia and western Victoria. It is the smallest of the three wombats in Australia has red-brown fur and a shorter face. The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat breeds from late September through to December.

Wombats have both sharp teeth and grinding teeth. Their teeth continuously grow, due to the wear and tear of them eating tough grasses and vegetation, but they have razor-sharp upper incisors. You would not wish for a wombat to mistake your hand for a plant.

The Northern Hairy-nosed and Southern hairy-nosed wombats are endangered, although the Common wombat is not. (Note: the Southern Hairy-nosed wombat is listed by the IUCN as "Least Concern.)

The hairy-nosed varieties have become endangered because of human settlement. Agriculture and the destruction of the wombat's grassland habitat has caused the wombat to have to move to mountainous, unsettled areas where they are less able to dig effective burrows. Consequently, they are more likely to fall prey to dingoes and wild feral dogs. Stock animals (cattle and sheep) and the introduced rabbit have also degraded their natural food source, which is mostly grasses and shrubs.

Wombats have a fairly slow reproduction rate. They mate after the age of two, and the young stays in its mother's pouch for 7-10 months.

Wombats communicate through a variety of vocalisations. Their sounds include grunts, squeals, coughs, clicks and hisses.

Yes, wombats have pouches. They are marsupials, so most of the joey's development takes place in the pouch.

The wombat's pouch faces backwards so that, when the wombat digs, dirt does not fly into the pouch.

Wombats are native Australian animals and therefore protected by law. It is illegal to hunt them. Unfortunately, this does not mean that landowners adhere to the law when wombats dig under their fences and cause damage to crops.

Common wombat current distribution is now between the Great Dividing Range and the coast from Stanthorpe in Queensland and right around almost to Adelaide and all of Tasmania. Prior to European settlement, the habitat would have been very much the same, but the population more dense and less patchy than currently.

Northern hairy-nosed wombat current distribution is now almost exclusively in and around the Epping Forest National park near Clermont in Queensland. Prior to European settlement, the habitat would have extended down from Clermont through central NSW and into Victoria.

Southern hairy-nosed wombat current distribution is along the southern areas of South and Western Australia, mostly along the Nullarbor Plain and as far east as Murraylands, and away from population centres. Prior to European settlement, the habitat would have been very much the same, but the population more dense and less patchy than currently.

Wombats typically breed once a year or once every two years. Breeding times vary according to which part of Australia they live in, but it seems they can give birth any time between April through to January, with the latter being favoured for cooler climates.

Wombats are marsupials, so the young joey is born after a gestation period of 20-22 days. It then makes its way, blind, hairless and the size of a bean, to the mother's pouch where it latches on to a teat. The teat swells in its mouth, securing it in place. The female wombat's pouch faces backwards so that dirt does not get into the pouch when she digs.

The joey continues its development in the pouch for around 8 months, initially leaving the pouch for short periods of time until it gets older. A wombat is fully weaned between 11-15 months, and stays with its mother until it is around 2 years old.

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Wombats do not live in Montana but live in Australia, in the states of Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and NSW.