Biology:Vombatus
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Short description: Genus of mammals
| Vombatus | |
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| Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mammalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Marsupialia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Diprotodontia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Vombatidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | 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 | 
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| †Vombatus hacketti, Hackett's wombat | Southwest Australia |
References
- ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=UZLuF1YXYTcC&q=Euryzygoma&pg=PA251.
Wikidata ☰ Q10832986 entry
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