Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat
Lasiorhinus latifrons
All three wombat species, the Southern and Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat and the Bare-nosed Wombat, are marsupials that are endemic to Australia.
They all have powerful claws and limbs for digging borrows with the two Hairy-nosed wombats often creating large multi-burrow complexes.
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats occur in semi-arid grasslands from south-eastern Western Australia along the Nullabour Plains, Eyre and Yorke Peninsula and into the Murray Mallee towards the NSW border.
They eat native and introduced grasses and forbs as well as saltbush. They have specialised teeth that grow continuously.
Fun Facts!
Female wombats have a backwards opening pouch
Some scientists claim that wombats can run over 40km an hour, over short distances!
Wombats have a hard weaponised backside for crushing predators against the roof of their burrows
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is the South Australian State fauna emblem
Our good friend Nick from Wicked Wildlife with our Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Snuffles.
Check out the interview we did with wombat experts Dr Alyce and Mike Swinbourne on our podcast the Aussie Wildlife Show.
Meet our friendly, rescued wombat!
You can meet Snuffles our Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat when you book a Private Encounter at Animals Anonymous HQ in Mylor.
Snuffles
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