Animal

WOMBAT

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COMMON NAME: Common Wombat
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vombatus ursinus
TYPE: Mammals
DIET: Herbivores
GROUP NAME: Mob, colony
SIZE: 28 to 47 in
WEIGHT: 32 to 80 lbs
SIZE RELATIVE TO A 6-FT MAN:


IUCN RED LIST STATUS: ?
Least Concern
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NT
VU
EN
CR
EW
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LEAST CONCERNEXTINCT
CURRENT POPULATION TREND: Stable 
  

   Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupial that are native to Australia. The name Wombat came from Eora, an Aborigin Community, which are the native inhabitants of Sydney. Their binomical name is Vombatidae. Wombats closest living relatives are the Koalas.
   They're the Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus), the critically endangered Northern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii), and the Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons).
   Wombats are herbivores. They usually eat grasses, plants, barks, sedges, herbs, and roots. Wombats are nocturnal and emerge to feed at night. Wombats have a slow metabolism so they need 14 days to digest the food that they ate.
   They have cube-shaped poopWombat poop is square. They mark their territories by defecating, and it’s thought that the shape of their poop keeps it from rolling away. Special bones in their backsides allow them to squeeze and form their feces into cubes.
    Wombats use their sharp claws and sharp teeth to dig burrows in open grasslands and eucalyptus forest. After they dig burrows, they live there. The burrows can become extensive tunnel and chamber complexes. Common wombats solitary and inhabit their own burrows, while other species may be more social and live together in larger burrow groups called colonies.
      A group of wombats is known as a wisdom, a mob, or a colony.
   They’re not as helpless as they look. Wombats defend home territories around their burrows and can become aggressive to intruders. There are reports of human injuries from wombat attacks, including puncture wounds from their claws, deep bites, and injuries from being bowled over by charging wombats.
    This large, pudgy mammal is a marsupial, or pouched animal. Like other marsupials, wombats give birth to tiny, undeveloped young that crawl into pouches on their mothers' bellies. A wombat baby remains in its mother's pouch for about five months before emerging. Even after it leaves the pouch, the young animal will frequently crawl back in to nurse or to escape danger. By about seven months of age, a young wombat can care for itself. Female wombats give birth to a single young in the spring. Wombats are weaned after 15 months, and are sexually mature at 18 months.
    Wombats' fur can vary from a sandy colour to brown, or from grey to black. All three known extant species average around a metre in length and weigh between 20 and 35 kg (44 and 77 lb).
     Wombats usually move very slowly, but if they feel threatened, they can run fast up to 40km/hours and stay on that speed for about 90 seconds.
    Wombats typically live up to 15 years in the wild, but can live past 20 and even 30 years in captivity. The longest-lived captive wombat lived to 34 years of age. The oldest known living wombat, Patrick from Ballarat Wildlife Park, turned 31 years old in 2016.

Sources: Wikipedia
               National Geographic




Questions and Answers
1. How fast can a wombat run when they are in danger?
     40 km/hours.
2. How long can they keep the speed when they are running in danger?
     90 seconds.
3. How many types of wombat in Australia?
     3.
4. What is the poop shape of wombat?
     Cube.
5. How long can a wombat live in the wild?
     15 years.

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