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Wombats

Vombatidae

Wombats are (virtually) tailless burrowing marsupials in the family Vombatidae, found only in Australia. They’re mostly nocturnal and strictly herbivorous, feeding largely on grasses and other tough vegetation, and they dig extensive burrow systems. Female wombats have a rear‑opening (backward‑facing) pouch, an adaptation that helps keep soil out while digging. They’re also famous for cube‑shaped droppings, which they often place on logs and rocks as territorial markers. Wombats are close relatives of koalas within the vombatiform marsupials.

Wombats are (virtually) tailless burrowing marsupials in the family Vombatidae, found only in Australia. They’re mostly nocturnal and strictly herbivorous, feeding largely on grasses and other tough vegetation, and they dig extensive burrow systems. Female wombats have a rear‑opening (backward‑facing) pouch, an adaptation that helps keep soil out while digging. They’re also famous for cube‑shaped droppings, which they often place on logs and rocks as territorial markers. Wombats are close relatives of koalas within the vombatiform marsupials.