Wombat Facts: they have a BUTT POUCH | Animal Fact Files

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Wombats are marsupials from Australia. Something unique about them is that their pouch faces their rear end instead of their head so that they keep dirt out while they dig underground. They have a butt pouch! Learn more wombat facts on Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Family - Vombatidae
Range: Australia
Habitat: Forests and grasslands
Size: About 40 inches (1m) long; About 65 pounds (29.5kg)
Diet: Grasses, leaves, roots, tubers, and tree bark
Threats: Dingoes, feral dogs, droughts, and more
Life span: Up to fifteen years

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Steve Collis - https://www.flickr.com/photos/swampa/9583625748
Jason Pratt - https://www.flickr.com/photos/84108876@N00/2911693668
Peter Shanks - https://www.flickr.com/photos/botheredbybees/1813548280
Yun Huang Yong - https://www.flickr.com/photos/goosmurf/13661547043
Steven Penton - https://www.flickr.com/photos/136315829@N03/25342818610
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Jolene Thompson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/za-photos/5872407002
Stygiangloom - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wombat_1.jpg
Eva Hejda - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lasiorhinus_latifrons#/media/File:Haarnasenwombat_(Lasiorhinus_krefftii).jpg
AlterVista - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lasiorhinus_latifrons#/media/File:Wombat02.JPG
Kalyob - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lasiorhinus_latifrons#/media/File:Wombat3.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wombat1.jpg
IUNC Red List of Threatened Species - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lasiorhinus_latifrons#/media/File:Southern_Hairy-nosed_Wombat_area.png; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_wombat#/media/File:Common_Wombat_area.png; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_Hairy-nosed_Wombat_area.png
Henry Whitehead - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo#/media/File:Nullarbor_Dingo.jpg
Xisco - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zuidelijke_breedneuswombat.JPG
Ghedoghedo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprotodon#/media/File:Diprotodon_australis_skeleton_1.JPG
Bogdanov - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprotodon#/media/File:Diprotodon_optatum_(2).jpg
Simon J. Tonge - https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0113+2559

Research Credits:
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vombatidae/
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/wombat
http://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Wombat-facts.html
https://www.britannica.com/animal/wombat
https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/animals/vertebrate-zoology/wombats
https://books.google.com/books?id=kQEZAAAAQBAJ
https://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/wildlife/threatened-species/endangered/northern_hairynosed_wombat/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lasiorhinus_latifrons/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lasiorhinus_krefftii/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vombatus_ursinus/
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Diprotodon

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