• Wombats are a part of kingdom animalia. 

• They are in phylum chordata 

• They belong to class mammalia 

• They're in family Vombatidae 

• They're in order Diprotodontia 

• Genus Vombatus 

• Species Vombatidae  

Wombat Subscies: Lasiorhinus Krefftii Gillespiei, Lasiorhinus Krefftii Krefftii, Lasiorhinus Kefftii Barnardi

It's estimated wombats have been around for 25 million years, but the first living one wasn't found until 1797 in Sydney

Koalas are their closest living relative 

The ancestor I could find is the Diprotodon, which is an extinct australian marsupial that looks like a large wombat

• Common Wombats live in wet, partially wooded areas off the coasts and in the western slopes

• 16 inches of rain yearly 

• They like temperatures below 25-30 degrees C, temperatures warmer than that stress them out

• They like to burrow in dirt and grass

• They like grasses, barks, and herbs 

• Wombats eat mostly grasses such as wallaby grass, kangaroo grass, and snow grass. They are herbivores

• 3-8 hours a night they dig for food, depending on season and need for food

• The common wombat is pretty much solitary whereas a hairy nosed wombat can live with up to 12 other wombats 

• Hairy nosed wombats travel in male led packs 

• Males are aggressive during mating season in particular 

Birth

Infant/ Pouch life: until 5 months

Subadult: 5 months to 12 months

Adult: 2 years and on, sexually maturity is reached at two years

They learn to burrow as a subadult, and as a full adult they do it on their own

Females are slightly larger in adulthood, that's about it for characteristics 

• Once a year for a female, 15-20 total mates for a female and more male

• Male led groups 

• September- December is the mating season

• One young at a time is born, called a joey 

• The female gets chased before mating

• Wombats are eaten by foxes, dingoes, and tasmanian devils

• Not a lot of competition for mates

• Wombat mange is a disease caused by mites, but it doesn't kill them 

• Predation and habitat destruction are the biggest causes of death 

• Wombats aren't too competitive within species 

• They do compete with rabbits, cattle, sheep, and goats for food

• Food, and habitat are the two sources of competition 

• They are impacted by invasive species that remove food sources such as their vegetation 

• They're in the least concern category 

• There are 315 Northern Hairy Wombats 

• There are 4,000 Common Wombats

• The population is slowly decreasing, not concerning though.

• Habitat loss, urban development and car accidents are the most prominent human impacts on the wombat population

• The population could be wiped out with urban developing 

• around 15,000 years

• Wildlife conservation groups are the biggest help 

• There's a lot of groups in Australia and the other areas they live in