Common Wombat

Vombatus ursinus

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia - October 2010

Common Wombat is locally common in southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia - October 2010

It is a large, rotund marsupial with a body length of up to 1.2m and weighing up to 35kg. 

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia - October 2010

To cope with its vegetarian diet of grass, sedges and tubers, the Wombat's teeth are rootless and grow continuously throughout its life.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia - October 2010

Many of the Wombats at Wilson's Promontory sport colour-coded ear-tags to help researchers to easily identify individuals from a distance.