Vombatus
Genus of mammals
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Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Vombatidae |
Genus: | Vombatus É. Geoffroy, 1803 |
Type species | |
Vombatus ursinus Shaw, 1800 |
Vombatus is a genus of marsupial that contains a single living species, the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus).
The recently extinct Hackett's wombat (Vombatus hacketti) is also a member of this genus.[1][2]
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![]() | Vombatus ursinus, common wombat | ![]() |
†Vombatus hacketti, Hackett's wombat | Southwest Australia |
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Vombatiformes
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Diprotodontia
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