Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre (3 feet) in length and with a very short tail. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. Wombats dig extensive burrow systems with rodent-like front teeth and powerful claws. Although mainly crepuscular and nocturnal, wombats will also venture out to feed on cool or overcast days. They are not as easily seen as many animals, but leave ample evidence of their passage, treating fences as a minor inconvenience to be gone through or under and leaving distinctive cubic scats. Wombats are herbivores, their diet consisting mostly of grasses, sedges, herbs, bark and roots.

Taxonomy

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Wombats, like all the larger living marsupials, are part of the Diprotodontia. The ancestors of modern wombats evolved sometime between 55 and 26 million years ago (no useful fossil record has yet been found for this period) and about 12 species flourished until well into the ice ages. Among the several diprotodon (giant wombat) species was the largest marsupial to ever live. The earliest human inhabitants of Australia arrived while diprotodons were still common, and are believed to have brought about their extinction through hunting or habitat alteration.

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Finalmente vi coalas, cangurus a dois metros de distância, diabo da Tasmânia, wombats, ornintorrincos, emus e outros bichos muitos estranhos
crisgraebin (Cristiani Graebin) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:34:22 -0000
Finalmente vi coalas, cangurus a dois metros de distância, diabo da Tasmânia, wombats, ornintorrincos, emus e outros bichos muitos estranhos
@realrossnoble No badgers here in Sydney. They all got eaten by wombats. Very dangerous, wombats: pointy teeth.
norwichrocks (Trucie) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:31:42 -0000
@realrossnoble No badgers here in Sydney. They all got eaten by wombats. Very dangerous, wombats: pointy teeth.
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Sampe I skipped right past Phoenix and Architecture and The Wombats and everything else my normal self would love.
Driving in rural australia = seeing a lot of squished kangaroos and wombats. Sad face.
Cult_of_clothes (pilif) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:18:58 -0000
Driving in rural australia = seeing a lot of squished kangaroos and wombats. Sad face.
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