Vombatus
Appearance
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Vombatus | |
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Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Vombatidae |
Genus: | Vombatus É. Geoffroy, 1803 |
Type species | |
Vombatus ursinus Shaw, 1800
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Vombatus is a genus of marsupial that contains a single living species, the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus).
The recently extinct Hackett's wombat (Vombatus hacketti) is also a member of this genus.[1][2]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Vombatus ursinus, common wombat | ![]() |
†Vombatus hacketti, Hackett's wombat | Southwest Australia |
References
[edit]- ^ Glauert, Ludwig (1910). "The Mammoth cave". Records of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery. 1 (1): 11–36.
- ^ MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920.