Wombats
The creatures of the outback
Wombats- Habitat
• Wombats live in Australia and other small islands nearby.
• They live in grasslands and forests.
• With their little claws, the wombat digs and digs and creates a series of small
tunnels and chambers to create a burrow.
• They live in ‘mobs’ or ‘colonies’ of wombats.
Wombats- Feeding
• Wombats in zoos usually eat carrots, whilst wild wombats eat thin strands of
grass.
• Sometimes, a wombat may take crops from farmers in Australia while they
are out.
• During droughts (which is quite frequent in Australia) the
Wombat will eat native grass or perennial grass.
Wombats- Behaviour
• The wombat comes out of it’s burrow during cooler points in the day, such
as early morning, late afternoon and evening.
• They are friendly but very smelly creature!
Wombats- Tunnelling System or Burrow
• During the life of a wombat they will build a long tunnelling system in their
‘territory’.
• Their ‘burrows’ can range from 2-20 metres across the outback.
• It is usually a long tunnel with smaller ‘side tunnels’ leading to chambers.
• Also, there is only one entrance, although they may add one small ‘escape’
route.
Wombats- Appearance
• They are furry, quite chubby creatures.
• They have flat noses, they are sometimes hairy, sometimes bald (depending
on specie)
• They can grow up to 80-130cm.
• They can weigh 17-14kg.
Wombats
Wombats are lovely animals that can be really cute a furry. They are much like a
koala except larger and different fur and ear shape. The very similar thing is
THEY SMELL BAD!