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	Wombat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre (3 feet) in length and with a very short tail.
		Wombats are herbivores, their diet consisting mostly of grasses, sedges, herbs, bark and roots.
		Wombats in fiction and cartoons are often depicted as sluggish, irritable and dimwitted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wombat (964 words)

	Common Wombat
		Wombat burrows in pastures can be hazardous to farm vehicles and stock, and burrowing may worsen soil instability problems along cleared creek banks and weaken dam walls.
		The past history of the Common Wombat as a vermin species, for which a bounty was payable, has influenced the way in which this species is regarded by some people, and the mere presence of wombats is equated with damage being caused.
		Wombats use as many as ten holes within their home range, although only two or three of these will be used regularly.
	www.nre.vic.gov.au /dpi/nreninf.nsf/childdocs/-C3270146B772814F4A2568B30006FFEE-7A5820241AEA1564CA256BC800078098-694E0B9522A644D14A256DEA00291F28-FA3493D667F4EAFECA256BCF000B4D6E?open (1085 words)

	Ladywildlife's Common Wombat Page
		The common wombat, equipped with short powerful legs and strong front claws, is ideally adapted to survive in the harsh Australian environment.
		When the young wombat is old enough to leave the pouch, it still remains close to its mother for another year, ready to take refuge in her pouch should danger threaten.
		Early settlers called the wombats “badgers.” The wombat was soon considered a pest by the islanders because of the damage it did to cultivated areas.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/commonwombat.html (974 words)

	Wombats
		Common wombats are found through forest and woodland areas along the eastern and southern coast of Australia, and in Tasmania.
		The common wombat is not endangered, although its habitat is decreasing.
		The nose of the common wombat is naked and its ears are rounded.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/wombat.htm (411 words)

	Wombats
		The northern hairy-nosed wombat is presumed extinct in NSW.
		The common wombat lives mainly in wet, partly forested areas on the coast, and on the ranges and western slopes.
		Wombats spend between three and eight hours each night grazing on their favourite food, which is native grasses such as the tussocky 'snow grass', wallaby grass and kangaroo grass.
	www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au /npws.nsf/Content/Wombats (603 words)

	Wombat Movies
		Wombats, like all the larger living marsupials, are part of the Diprotodontia, which has two sub-orders: the large and diverse Phalangerida (kangaroos, possums, and relatives), and the Vombatiformes (which is the Latin for "wombat-shaped things").
		The Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) is widespread in the cooler and better watered parts of southern and eastern Australia, and in mountain districts as far north as the south of Queensland, but is declining in Western Victoria and South Australia.
		Common wombats can breed every two years and produce a single cub, which leaves the pouch after six to nine months but follows the mother about and breast-feeds for another year.
	www.junglewalk.com /video/Wombat-movie.htm (626 words)

	Wombat
		Wombats are marsupials and there are two different species: the common wombat (which lives in southeastern Australia) and the Tasmania that has dark coarse hair and small ears.
		Wombats are nocturnal and eat only plants and the inner bark of tree and shrub roots.
		Generally, farmers don't like the common wombat because it tends to dig its burrows in cultivated fields and pastures.
	exn.ca /AustraliaAnimals/wombat.cfm (234 words)

	Wombat Information Center - Common Wombat
		Common wombats are widespread in Tasmania, especially in the Northeast.
		Common wombats used to be native to all the islands of the Bass Strait (the waters between Australia and Tasmania), but now are restricted to Flinders Island.
		Common wombats are considered solitary except during the breeding season, but there have been reports that they visit each other's burrows on occasion.
	www.wombania.com /wombats/common-wombat.htm (760 words)

	The Official Filibuster Thread - ateaseweb.com \| radiohead message board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Wombats have a pair of large, robust incisors in both the upper and lower jaws (like a beaver) that are anchored deep in the jaw bone.
		Common wombats usually have their own, separate burrows, though this may not always be the case.
		Wombats have been classified in different ways over the years, but there are two basic types: the Common wombat with 3 subspecies, and the Hairy-nosed wombat, with 2 species.
	www.ateaseweb.com /mb/index.php?showtopic=47451 (6336 words)

	Wildlife Victoria: Campaigns
		The given reason for the wombat cull was that the wombat digs and burrows posed a danger to his wife and her horse while she was riding on the property.
		Wildlife Victoria feels that campaigning for the rights of the Common Wombat is an opportunity to raise the issue of animal rights for all common native animal species that are often considered to be pests and are managed as such.
		The Common Wombat campaign will be a focal point for this initial commitment and it is a campaign that we feel will elicit a great deal of public support and will have a very good chance of achieving its goals.
	www.wildlifevictoria.org.au /campaigns.html (682 words)

	Russell The Wombat's Burrow - What Is A Wombat?
		Wombats are large, nocturnal, herbivorous, burrowing marsupials that are native to the continent of Australia.
		Both male and female wombats are solidly built with squat, round, bear like bodies with a large strong skull and a short stumpy tail.
		Adult male common wombats on mainland Australia have a length ranging from 1 to 1.3 metres (3.3 to 4.3 feet) and can weigh up to 40kg (88 lbs), with females being slightly smaller in size and weight.
	www.wombadilliac.com.au /what_is_a_wombat.htm (403 words)

	Wombat Information Center - Wombat Physical Characteristics
		The wombat is most often described as resembling a small bear, but it has also been compared to a badger, a groundhog (woodchuck), and a marmot.
		Wombats have the most developed brain of any marsupial and it is larger than what would be expected for their body mass.
		The wombat's skull and teeth are very similar to those of some rodents such as the beaver in North America, and the coypu in South America.
	www.wombania.com /wombats/wombat-physical-characteristics.htm (689 words)

	Common Wombat Information Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Wombats are similar to rodents as there front teeth never stop growing.
		Wombats are generally quite shy but they have been kept as pets in Australia.
		Rabbits often seek shelter in wombat burrows and when the burrows are gassed to kill the rabbits, the wombat inside is killed as well.
	www.geocities.com /SouthBeach/Sands/9859/wombat.html (274 words)

	Animal Planet :: Australia Zoo -- Wombats
		Wombats also build many small warrens, which are usually less than 7 feet in length, to be used as quick escape routes when predators are afoot.
		Wombats emerge at dusk, when temperatures are low, to feed on native grasses, sedges and other vegetation.
		Wombats spend the daylight hours resting in their cool burrows, especially during the warmer seasons.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/crochunter/australiazoo/09wombats.html (395 words)

	DPIW - Wombat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In Tasmania the wombat is widespread and found from sea level to alpine areas but shows a preference for heathland, coastal scrub and open forest, where soils favour their burrowing habits.
		The wombat is common in Tasmania, particularly in the northeast of the state.
		Wombats are killed by poison such as '1080' used in baits intended to reduce rabbit or wallaby numbers.
	www.dpiw.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-53F7KJ?open (1374 words)

	Education Fact Sheets Northern Hairy Nose Wombat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Northern Hairy-nosed Wombats are roughly one metre in length from head to tail.
		Urine and dung mark the wombat’s area and the scent is particularly strong at the burrow entrance.
		The wombat’s woodland habitat has been removed to allow cattle and sheep to graze and the replacement of native grasses with pasture grasses has not helped either.
	www.arazpa.org.au /Education_FactSheets_NorthernHairyWombat.htm (597 words)

	wombats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The wombat is a marsupial, which means that a female wombat feeds and carries her young in a pouch.
		A wombat reaches it's reproductive age at three or four years, but breading is dependant on a supply of good feed for milk production for the young and a wombat may delay her reproductive cycle until seasonal conditions are good enough to sustain the new life.
		The baby wombat (about the size of a small bean) is born three or four weeks after mating and as it is still very undeveloped, it claws its way through the mother's fur and enters the pouch.
	users.cybernex.net.au /wombat/wombats.htm (953 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Common wombat
		Wombats are stocky with short limbs and tail, and powerful forelimbs and shoulders.
		Wombats are nocturnal, secretive and spend most of their time underground - hence little is known about them.
		Wombats are threatened by habitat clearance and competition with rabbits.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/683.shtml (244 words)

	Wombats
		The wombat {wahm'-bat} is a heavyset, burrowing, herbivorous animal that is native to the eastern half of Australia and to the island of Tasmania south of Australia.
		Wombats are thick-bodied animals that have short, powerful legs with strong claws used for burrowing.
		The two species of hairy-nosed wombats have soft fur and a hairy muzzle and pointed ears that are slightly longer than those of the common wombat.
	world.std.com /~raparker/pub/wombats0.html (532 words)

	Koala, Kangaroo, Kookaburra, Platypus, Wombat and Emu Page
		Wombats live mainly in forest areas but may also be found in woodlands and coastal shrub areas.
		Wombats can live for up to 5 years in the wild and up to 20 years in captivity.
		Common Wombats are a protected species, as are all Australian native mammals.
	www.hotkey.net.au /~perrelink/koalacard1old.htm (1091 words)

	The Marsupial Museum - Wombats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There are two types of wombats - Common wombats, herbivores, feed on grass, leaves, and roots in woodlands.
		The common wombat is not seen often during the day but is heard throughout the night.
		The plains wombat has a hairy nose, but the common wombat's nose is hairless.
	www.worldkids.net /critters/marsupials/wombat.html (77 words)

	An Overview of Australia's Wombats and Their Lifestyle - Associated Content
		Wombats are marsupials—mammals whose females have a pouch to feed the young—with short legs and extremely strong claws which help them with their impressive burrowing.
		All wombats stay in their mother’s pouch for approximately six months and will continue to live under their mother’s care until they are approximately one year old.
		The Common Wombat eats native grasses, roots, shrubs, and mosses and has rootless teeth that continue to grow throughout the course of their lifetime.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/17229/an_overview_of_australias_wombats_and.html (488 words)

	The Friends of Charles Darwin - Common Wombat
		The wombat is a large, burrowing marsupial whose closest living relative is the koala.
		Wombats fill a similar ecological niche in Australia to that filled by badgers in Europe and elsewhere.
		Wombats have evolved an inverted pouch which opens at the bottom.
	www.gruts.com /darwin/species/index.php?s=wombat (95 words)

	Common Wombat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		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.
		The wombat is found in the wet and dry forests of South-Eastern Australia and grasslands into which it moves at night to graze.
		The common wombat is mostly found in the wet and dry forests of South-Eastern Australia.
	teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /animals/commonwombat.htm (260 words)

	Australia Zoo : Birds
		Wombats are Australian marsupial mammals that have very short muscular legs and are the closest relative to the Koala.
		Wombats feed on grasses and roots (they are herbivores) and dig log extensive burrow systems with their powerful claws.
		Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats are generally solitary creatures, however they live in complex tunnel systems which are known to hold between five and 10 wombats; generally not all individuals are present at the same time.
	www.crocodilehunter.com /australia_zoo/amazing_animals/amazing_animals/mammals_spec.php?BSPID=52 (1050 words)

	Wombats
		Wombats are without a doubt (in my extremely biased opinion) the most lovable of Australia's many marsupials.
		Wombats communicate their Junior will remain in the pouch for about six months before it is either kicked out or leaves peacefully.
		Wombats have a home territory which, depending on the environment may be anything from 5 to 25 hectares.
	www.wombat.echidna.id.au /wombat1.htm (1482 words)

	Common Wombat -Australian Reptile Park Animals
		The common wombat has short, slightly rounded ears, a large, hairless nose and coarse, thick fur.
		Wombats are big, solid animals and adults may weigh in at over 30 kg.
		The range of the common wombat has reduced significantly since European settlement from habitat loss, persecution by farmers and the effects of disease, particularly mange.
	www.reptilepark.com.au /animals.asp?catID=2&ID=155 (352 words)

	Queensland Conservation
		There are three different species of wombat in Australia…… the northern hairy-nosed wombat, the southern hairy-nosed wombat and the common wombat.
		The common wombat is the most widespread of the three species of wombat.
		Common wombats are solitary and largely nocturnal, however in winter they may come out of their burrow during the day.
	www.qccqld.org.au /resources/wombat/other_wombats.htm (254 words)

	Museum Victoria [Forest Secrets] Animals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Wombats are large lumbering marsupials with hollow rodent-like teeth, which grow in response to wear.
		Wombats are often found as road kills in the Melbourne area, and may be seen in coastal scrub and heath.
		Removal of habitat coupled with dense road traffic are the main threats to wombat survival.
	www.museum.vic.gov.au /forest/animals/wombat.html (145 words)

	Common Wombat
		Common wombats in Tasmania and on Flinders Island are normally a little smaller than those found on the mainland.
		The common wombat is found in South eastern Australia in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and in south eastern South Australia.
		Being a marsupial the wombat has a pouch, though unlike kangaroos etc the wombats pouch faces backward so no dirt gets in when it is tunnelling Despite having 2 teats in the pouch common wombats only give birth to 1 young at a time.
	home.iprimus.com.au /readman/wombat-c.htm (517 words)

	CentralPets.com - Wombat - Common Page (Printer Friendly Version)
		Wombats are herbivores, who feed on grass, roots and herbs during the night, when the temperature is cooler and usually rest in their burrows during the day.
		The Common Wombat is a strong, stocky marsupial equipped with short, powerful legs and long claws useful for digging burrows.
		Despite the fact that the wombat has two teats, she only gives birth to one young, and each birth is usually separated by a period of at least two years.
	centralpets.com /php/PrintFriendly.php?AnimalNumber=4406 (557 words)

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