Its pouch opens backwards, an unusual adaptation that keeps soil out while it digs.
From Bare-nosed Wombat
It eats grasses, roots and herbs, mostly at night.
From Bare-nosed Wombat
It lives in forest, alpine grassland, coast and woodland of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania.
From Bare-nosed Wombat
It is the official animal emblem of South Australia.
From Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Its teeth grow continuously throughout its life.
From Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
It goes long spells without drinking, living on hardy grasses and shrubs.
From Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
It produces cube-shaped droppings, an oddity explained by the uneven elasticity of the walls of its gut, which stops them rolling off when it leaves them on rocks and logs to mark territory.
From Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
It came so close to the end that in the 1980s little more than thirty living animals were counted, all in a single park, and the whole species depended on there being no serious fire or drought.
From Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

Ecosystems