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--> FAMILY Vombatidae
--> GENUS Vombatus
SPECIES Vombatus ursinus
| Author: | Shaw, 1800. | | Citation: | Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., 1(2, Mammalia): 504. | | Common Name: | Common Wombat | | Type Locality: | Australia, Tasmania, Bass Strait, Cape Barren Isl. | | Distribution: | E New South Wales, S Victoria, SE South Australia, Tasmania, islands in the Bass Strait, and extreme SE Queensland (Australia). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable as V. u. ursinus, Lower Risk (lc) as V. usrinus. Common. | | Comments: | Subspecies uncertain; marked differences in size exist between insular and mainland wombats, but there are wide overlaps. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
angasii (Gray, 1863)
assimilis (Krefft, 1872)
bassii (Lesson, 1827)
fossor (Desmarest, 1804)
fuscus (Tiedemann, 1808)
hirsutum (Perry, 1810)
mitchelli (Owen, 1838)
niger (Gould, 1863)
platyrhinus (Owen, 1853)
setosus (Gray, 1863)
tasmaniensis (Spencer and Kershaw, 1910)
vombatus (Leach, 1815)
wombat (Voigt, 1802)
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