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Wombat burrow and scat, Narawntapu National Park, Tasmania. Wombats have an extraordinarily slow metabolism, taking around 8 to 14 days to complete digestion, which aids their survival in arid conditions. [22] They generally move slowly. [31] Wombats defend home territories centred on their burrows, and they react aggressively to intruders.
Here's a cool fact that blew my mind: wombats can glow in the dark! According to a-z-animals.com, they have a have a unique biofluorescent quality to their fur, which makes them glow green in the ...
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The common wombat (Vombatus ursinus), also known as the bare-nosed wombat, is a marsupial, one of three extant species of wombats and the only one in the genus Vombatus.It has three subspecies: Vombatus ursinus hirsutus, found on the Australian mainland; Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis (Tasmanian wombat), found in Tasmania; and Vombatus ursinus ursinus (Bass Strait wombat), found on Flinders ...
Vombatus is a genus of marsupial that contains a single living species, the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus). The recently extinct Hackett's wombat (Vombatus hacketti) is also a member of this genus. [1] [2]
Seven of the nine known families within this suborder are extinct; only the families Phascolarctidae, with the koala, and Vombatidae, with three extant species of wombat, survive. Among the extinct families are the Diprotodontidae , which includes the rhinoceros sized Diprotodon , believed to be the largest marsupials ever, as well as the ...