wombat

A common wombat 

Name: Wombat

Scientific name: vombatidae

Diet: Herbivore

More information:

         Wombats are found mainly in Australia.
A wombat, just like the kangaroo and other marsupials ,give birth to their young undeveloped.The young will then  crawl into their mothers pouch and spent about 5 months in there.

         wombats are nocturnal animals.They come out from their tunnels  at night to find food to eat .

         Wombats are about 70-120 cm big. They weigh approximately 15-35kg. Wombats also have incisors that cannot stop growing. they have to gnaw on tough vegetables to ensure that their incisors will not grow too long.

        Wombats , although cute, are pest to farmers because of the tunnels thy make in mud. Because of this, some farmers hunt them down. Wombats are also killed for their skin and sometimes just for fun by hunters.Thus, some species of the wombat are endangered while some species, such as the common wombat ,are not.