Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
Scientific name: Lasiorhinus latifrons
Family: Vombatidae
Order: Diprotodontia
Status: Least Concern
Habitat and Distribution
Often live in areas of extreme heat during the day and freezing at night.
About the animal:
- South Australia’s faunal emblem;
- They are a burrowing marsupial which are powerful diggers;
- They have a backward opening pouch;
- Have poor eye sight but great hearing and smell;
- Their rump is the size of a large dinner plate and is used as a form of protection and defence.
What they eat?
Generally only drinks when it rains. They have a low metabolic rate and will extract every last bit of nutrient and moisture from whatever they can ingest (normally native grasses).