Vombatidae

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Vombatidae (Phascolomyidae; wombats; order Marsupialia (or Diprotodontia), superfamily Vombatoidea) A family of large, burrowing, largely nocturnal marsupials in which the incisors and cheek teeth grow continually. The body is broad and flattened, the head large and flat, and the limbs pentadactyl, short and stout, with broad, naked soles to the feet. The tail is vestigial. Wombats occur in southern and south-eastern Australia, Flinders Island, and Tasmania. There are three species, Vombatus ursinus (common wombat), Lasiorhinus latifrons (hairy-nosed wombat), and L. barnardi (Queensland hairy-nosed wombat), of which only 60 individuals are known to be surviving at present.

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