wombat

     

Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legge, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre (39 inches) in length with a very short tail. They are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original human inhabitants of the Sydney area.

Trivia about wombat

  • The common type of this marsupial has coarse, thick fur while that of the hairy-nosed is short & silky
  • The island is home to the Tasmanian devil & this animal
  • Phascolomis ursinus, this burrowing marsupial of Australia, resembles a small bear
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.) It's the world's largest burrowing animal & can make a destructive tunnel complex 650 feet long, so farmers don't find it as cute as zoo-goers might
  • The common type of this marsupial has coarse, thick fur, while that of the hairy-nosed is short & silky
  • Step up to "bat" & name this Down Under denizen seen here
  • Common and hairy-nosed are types of this creature that looks like a Down Under woodchuck
  • There's a hairy-nosed species of this marsupial that's a tailless burrower

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