Northern hairy-nosed wombat
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The northern hairy-nosed wombat or yaminon is one of three extant species of Australian marsupials known as wombats. It is one of the rarest land mammals in the world and is critically endangered. Its
Haarnasenwombat
Southern hairy-nosed wombat
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The southern hairy-nosed wombat is one of three extant species of wombats. It is found in scattered areas of semiarid scrub and mallee from the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border ar
Northern hairy-nosed wombat
…literature, it is referred to as the Queensland hairy-nosed wombat. The northern hairy-nosed wombat shares its genus with one other extant species, the southern hairy-nosed wombat, while the common wombat is in the genus Vombatus. Both Lasiorhinus species differ morphologically from the common wombat by their silkier fur, broader…
Southern Hairy nosed Wombat
Closeup of wombat lying down
Example wombat warren, with multiple entries visible.
Wombats sleeping in a tunnel at Melbourne Zoo