Southern hairy-nosed wombat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the southern hairy-nosed wombat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lasiorhinus latifrons
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Vombatidae

Where does the southern hairy-nosed wombat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the southern hairy-nosed wombat in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the southern hairy-nosed wombat endangered?

The southern hairy-nosed wombat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the southern hairy-nosed wombat?

The southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Vombatidae, genus Lasiorhinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the southern hairy-nosed wombat

The southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) is one of three extant species of wombats. It is found in scattered areas of semiarid scrub and mallee from the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border area. It is the smallest of all three wombat species. The young often do not survive dry seasons. It is the state animal of South Australia.

Among the oldest southern hairy-nosed wombats ever documented were a male and a female from Brookfield Zoo just outside Chicago. Their names were Carver, who lived to be 34, and his mother, Vicky, who lived to be 24. In South Australia in 2010, a tame wombat named Wally was also reported as having reached the age of 34. Hamlet, a wombat at the Toronto Zoo, similarly died at age 34.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Southern hairy-nosed wombat (revision 1354908300), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q475449 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).