Interesting Facts about the WOMBAT ***

Facts about the Wombat

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Did you Know? List of Facts about the Wombat
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about the Wombat, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about the Wombat are as follows:

Fact 1 - Definition: Wombats are muscular, burrowing marsupials with four short legs and a very short tail and a backward facing pouch. The wombat is native to Australia and Tasmania

Fact 2 - The colors of wombats vary ranging from sandy brown, gray to black
Fact 3 - The pouch of wombats face back so that the young ones are protected from dirt when the mother forages for food and dig burrows
Fact 4 - Wombats walk with a waddle!
Fact 5 - The koala is descended from terrestrial wombat-like animals
Fact 6 - The Wombat is a marsupial. A marsupial is a mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature
Fact 7 - The Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat is one of the rarest animals in the world
Fact 8 - Wombat stats and facts
- Weight: 15 to 36 Kg (32 to 80 lbs)
- Height: 71 to 119 cm (28 to 47 inches)
- Habitat: Woodlands and grasslands
- Top speed: 25 miles per hour (40 kilometers per hour)
- Lifespan: 20-25 years
- Diet: the Wombat are herbivores eating mainly roots
Fact 9 - They have very strong jaws and teeth to tear roots and tough grasses
Fact 10 - The backside of a wombat has extra thick skin protecting them from any attacks to their rear
Fact 11 - The early settlers in Australia mistakenly referred wombats to Badgers because of similarities in their size and digging habits
Fact 12 - Species of wombats include the ‘common wombat’, ‘northern hairy-nosed wombat’, and ‘southern hairy-nosed wombat’
Fact 13 - Wombats have been known to attack humans using their strong claws and teeth
Fact 14 - The nose of the hairy-nosed wombat is covered with fur and so appears hairy!
Fact 15 - The collective name for a group is a Colony or Mob