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wombat a thickset, nocturnal, herbivorous, burrowing marsupial with short legs and no tail. It is solitary and long-lived and peculiar to Australia. Called also Vombatus ursinus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Even their names are odd: the golden-rumped elephant shrew, the yellow-tailed woolly monkey, the northern hairy-nosed wombat. Of course Australia is best known for its marsupial mammals: several species of kangaroo and their smaller cousins, the wallabies; the sweet-faced rural-and urban-dwelling ring-tailed possum; and the chubby hairy-nosed wombat. Walker with access to semitame and hand-raised southern hairy-nosed wombats for her studies ("Wild Hair," SN: 4/20/02, p. |
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