Species profile—Vombatus ursinus (common wombat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Vombatidae (Wombats) → Vombatus ursinus (common wombat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Vombatidae (Wombats)
- Scientific name
- Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)
- Common name
- common wombat
- Type reference
- Shaw, G. (1800). General Zoology, or systematic natural history. Quadrupeds. London: G. Kearsley Vol. 1 Pt 2 pp. i-viii 249-552 [504].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 831
- Alternate name(s)
- naked-nosed wombat
bare-nosed wombat
island wombat
forest wombat
coarse-haired wombat - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Near threatened
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=831.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
