Common wombat

Vombatus ursinus · Vombatidae

The common wombat, also known as the bare-nosed wombat, is a marsupial, one of three extant species of wombats and the sole extant member of the genus Vombatus. It has three subspecies: Vombatus ursinus hirsutus, found on the Australian mainland; Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis, found in Tasmania; and Vombatus ursinus ursinus, found on Flinders Island and Maria Island in the Bass Strait.

Where the Common wombat lives

Recorded in Ashmore and Cartier Is. (Oceania).

Most records fall in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Australian Capital Territory.

See the Common wombat’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 119,539 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.