What are some similarities between a Wombat and a Tasmanian Devil?

Answer 1

• Both creatures are endemic to Australia, but the wombat is found in parts of the southeastern mainland, while the Tasmanian devil has, from the time of European settlement, only ever been known in Tasmania.
• The wombat is herbivorous, while the Tasmanian devil is carnivorous, feeding on live prey, and scavenging carrion.
• Wombats burrow for shelter, while Tasmanian devils do not, simply hiding in undergrowth, caves or logs.
• Tasmanian devils emit an unearthly, piercing, frightening shriek when making territorial claims over food and mates. Wombats merely grunt.
• For defence, Tasmanian devils have sharp claws and teeth, and can emit a foul smell rather like the skunk does. Wombats burrow with their thick, reinforced rear end facing the entrance to the burrow which is quite a tight fit. Prey can rarely penetrate their thick hide, and they have no tail by which they can be pulled out.
• There is just one type of Tasmanian devil. There are three species of wombats: the common wombat, the Northern hairy-nosed wombat, and the Southern hairy-nosed wombat.
• Tasmanian devils are being afflicted with a terrible cancer known as Devil Facial Tumour Disease and which, unless a cure is soon found, could see the extinction of wild Tasmanian devils. There is no such disease affecting wombats.
• The closest relative to the wombat is the koala. The Tasmanian devil is a dasyurid, or carnivorous marsupial, so its closest living relatives are other dasyurids, such as quolls.

Answer 2

Wombats and Tasmanian devils are both marsupials. Being marsupials, they share common characteristics such as having a pouch and nurturing the baby joeys on mothers' milk. Both animals are also found only in Australia.

Both marsupials tend to dig, although the Tasmanian devil does not exclusively dig its shelter like the wombat does. Both creatures have a backward-facing pouch so that dirt does not get in when they dig.