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The northern hairy-nosed wombat's nose is very important in its survival because it has very poor eyesight, so it must detect its food in the dark through smell. Examination of the wombat's digestive tract shows that the elastic properties of the ends of their large intestines are capable of turning liquid excrement into cubical scat. [8]
There are three species of wombats: the common wombat, the Northern hairy-nosed, and the Southern hairy-nosed. It’s only the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) that will poop squares. While the ...
Lasiorhinus is the genus containing the two extant hairy-nosed wombats, which are found in Australia.The southern hairy-nosed wombat is found in some of the semiarid to arid regions belt from New South Wales southwest to the South Australia-Western Australia border.
The hairy-nosed wombats have featured mainly to highlight their elevated conservation status. The northern hairy-nosed wombat featured on an Australian 1974 20-cent stamp and also an Australian 1981 five-cent stamp. The common wombat has appeared on a 1987 37-cent stamp and an Australian 1996 95-cent stamp.
Northern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii CR; Southern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons LC; Common wombat, Vombatus ursinus LC; Phascolarctidae.
L. latifrons (Southern hairy-nosed wombat) Southern and eastern Australia Size range : 77 cm (30 in) long (southern hairy-nosed wombat) to 111 cm (44 in) long (northern hairy-nosed wombat) [ 114 ]
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Seven of the nine known families within this suborder are extinct; only the families Phascolarctidae, with the koala, and Vombatidae, with three extant species of wombat, survive. Among the extinct families are the Diprotodontidae , which includes the rhinoceros sized Diprotodon , believed to be the largest marsupials ever, as well as the ...