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Common wombat
Vombatus ursinus
-41.5795, 145.939
Field Notes
Description:
Common wombats are sturdy and built close to the ground. When fully grown they can reach anywhere between 80 and 130cm, and between 17 and 40kg.
Habitat:
It is widespread in the cooler and better watered parts of southern and eastern Australia, including Tasmania, and in mountain districts as far north as the south of Queensland, but is declining in Western Victoria and South Australia.
Notes:
This one was grazing in the bunch grass only a few hundred meters from the visitor center at Cradle Mountain National Park. It was clearly un-concerned about people taking photos.
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Common wombat
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 29, 2011
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