wombat

Scientific name: **Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus ) and Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latrifrons)**

Habitat: Wombats live in burrows in wet, partly bushland, coastal areas and the ranges on the western slopes.

Animal group: Marsupial.

Appearance: small, sturdy, blunt face, small eyes and ears and short powerful legs.

Diet: native grasses and kangaroo poo

Interesting fact: their teeth never stop growing which means they eat up to eight hours a night. They can reproduce after 2 years and can live to 27 years old, with some even living to 110. [|mating]