VOMBATIDAE, Burnett, 1829

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Vombatidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 418-434 : 418

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6671132
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6621448
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D178879C-FFAC-AD2F-A00D-63464FBBFAAB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	VOMBATIDAE
status

Treatment

Family VOMBATIDAE View in CoL

(WOMBATS)

• Stocky, robust, burrowing, plantigrade, pouched marsupials, with short thick necks, broad dorso-ventrally flattened skulls, small ears, large broad sacra, short and powerful limbs, and vestigial tails.

• 85-115 cm. View Figure

• Australasian Region. View Figure

• Semi-arid chenopod shrublands and grasslands, temperate forests, and coastal heathland.

• 2 genera, 3 species, 5 taxa.

•] species Critically Endangered; no species Extinct since 1600.