Educational resources on Common Wombat

Common Wombat or Vombatus ursinus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Common Wombat

Academic web links for the Common Wombat.

ADW: Vombatus ursinus: Information
The common wombat inhabits the hilly or mountainous coastal country of southeastern South Australia and as well, Tasmania and Flinders Island in Bass Strait.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Vombatus_ursinus.html

Wombat
The common wombat is also equipped with short, powerful legs and long, strong foreclaws for digging their large, often complex burrows.
www.ben.edu/museum/wombat.asp

Canary Database: Browse by Species: Common wombat
The Canary Database Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program 135 College St Room 366 New Haven, CT, USA 06510-2283
canarydb.med.yale.edu/browse/species/324693

Endangered Animals Resources Page
Common Wombat Dingo Double-Eyed Fig Parrot Eastern Grass Owl Eclectus Parrot Freshwater Crocodiles Glossy Black Cockatoo Golden-Shouldered Parrot
laika.ed.csuohio.edu/students/Guinter/Guinter.html

CalPhotos: Browse Mammal Common Names
Back to: CalPhotos > Animals > Browse Mammal Common Names. Last updated: Dec 03 2009 ... Common Wombat (1) Common Zebra (1) Conejo Serrano (4) Cony (5) Cookson's Wildebeest (2)
calphotos.berkeley.edu/fauna/com-Mammal.html

Pattiann Rogers
...against a common wombat's claw or felt the spotted cuscus curl its pink, naked tail tip around my finger or pressed my hand to the bass-drum barrel of a sea lion's ribs as it
weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive%20B%20Vol.%2011-16.1/Vol.%2011.3/11.3Rogers.htm

PERRY BARBOZA
The kidney structure of the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and the hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons). Australian Journal of Zoology. 43: 181-191.
users.iab.uaf.edu/~perry_barboza

Marsupials
Common wombat Family Phascolarctidae Phascolarctidae w Range: Southeastern Australia w arboreal w only eats leaves of a few species of Eucalyptus trees (over 2 lbs per day)
itech.pjc.edu/jkaplan/zootech/Course%20Materials/mamlec8.htm

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: ursinus
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
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11000014

ADW: wombat.jpg
What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank ... common wombat
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/ofstedal/couper/wombat.jpg/view.html