WOMBATS
Marsupial - Vertebrate - Herbivore
Marsupial - Vertebrate - Herbivore
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Male: Jack
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Female: Jill
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Young: Joey
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WOMBATS
- Only live in Australia.
- Are nocturnal.
- Eat grasses, herbs, bark, roots and sedges (a large family of flowering plants).
- The large incisor teeth help it to dig burrows and tunnels ad to chew on very tough vegetation.
- It takes two weeks for a wombat to digest its food.
- The female gives birth in late Autumn, usually to a single Joey, which remains in the pouch for about 3 months.
- The predators are Dingoes and Tasmanian Devils.
- Move very quickly (up to 50 km/h) which they can maintain for several minutes.
- Most Australians have never seen a wild wombat.
- Before being protected by law, wombats were hunted for the value of its fur pelt.
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