Wombats are a marsupial and more closely related to the Koala than any other marsupial. Common Wombats are nocturnal and they wake up at night. Wombats are large, solid, burrowing marsupials with short legs, powerful claws that can dig very well, a stump like tail, little tiny ears and thick fur.

Wombats are very shy animals. Lots and lots of wombats are killed by vehicles on the roads. Sometimes a joey survives in its mother's pouch when she is killed. Wombat vets love the wombats and help them when they are hurt. Then they are released into the wild or kept in zoos for better care.    

The wombat is found in the wet and dry forests of South-Eastern Australia and grasslands into which it moves at night to graze. They live in forests and grasslands.  

The female mates between August and March. The female stays in her burrow until the babies are born. The female has two teats in a  large backward opening pouch.

Head to Body length: 900-1200mm

Tail length: 20-30mm

Weight: 22-39kg (26)kg

Diet:

Wombats are herbivores. They eat at night on native grasses, sedges, rushes and plant roots.

The Common Wombats main predator is the fox. If a predator attacks a wombat in its burrow it will raise its back and crush its head on the burrow.

The common wombat is mostly found in the wet and dry forests of South-Eastern Australia.

1. Koala

2. Southern hairy nosed wombat

3. Northern hairy nosed wombat

4. Wallaby 

5. Numbat

Common wombats are nocturnal. The common wombat leaves tracks with their well padded feet.

                Life Cycle 

These joeys similar to a wombat's joeys when born

Wombats are marsupial mammals-the female wombat has a pouch. Wombat babies are born not fully developed.

Large hairless nose, coarse, thick fur.

Ears short and slightly rounded, head and rump flat.

During the day the Common Wombat spends most of its  time sleeping in its underground burrow (usually up to 2-5meters long)