Wombat

Posted: June 23, 2009 
Filed under: Mt Field National Park, Native Animals
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Description

A wild wombat in Mt Field National Park, Tasmania.

Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately 1 metre (39 in) in length with a very short tail. They are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area.