Wombats

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Wombats
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Fast Facts

• Large, pudgy marsupial
• Size 28 to 47 in
• Weight 32 to 80 lbs
• A group is called a mob or colony

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Distribution

• They are found in forested, mountainous, and
  heathland areas

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Reproduction

• Dig burrows with front teeth and claws.
• Have a backwards pouch that does not gather dirt
  over its young
• Give birth to a single young after 20-22 days
• The young leave the pouch after about 67 months.
  Weaned after 15 months, and are sexually mature
  at 18 months

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• Nocturnal and feed on grasses, roots, and bark..
• Wombats have an slow metabolism, taking around 14
  days to complete digestion

• When threatened they can reach up to 25 mph
• The wombat's primary defense is its toughened
  rear hide with most of the posterior made of
  cartilage. When attacked, wombats dive into a
  nearby tunnel, using their rump to block a
  pursuing attacker.

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Conservation

• The field and pasture damage caused by wombat
  burrowing can be a destructive nuisance to
  ranchers and farmers.
• Wombats have been hunted for this behavior, as
  well as for their fur and simply for sport.
• Some species (the northern hairy-nosed wombats)
  are now critically endangered, while others (the
  common or coarse-haired wombat) are still hunted
  as vermin.

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