1 / 7

Wombats

Wombats. Fast Facts. Large, pudgy marsupial Size: 28 to 47 in Weight: 32 to 80 lbs A group is called a mob or colony. Distribution. They are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas. Reproduction. Dig burrows with front teeth and claws.

meda
Download Presentation

Wombats

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Wombats

  2. Fast Facts • Large, pudgy marsupial • Size: 28 to 47 in • Weight: 32 to 80 lbs • A group is called a mob or colony

  3. Distribution • They are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas

  4. Reproduction • Dig burrows with front teeth and claws. • Have a backwards pouch that does not gather dirt over its young • Give birth to a single young after 20-22 days • The young leave the pouch after about 6–7 months. Weaned after 15 months, and are sexually mature at 18 months

  5. Nocturnal and feed on grasses, roots, and bark.. • Wombats have an slow metabolism, taking around 14 days to complete digestion • When threatened they can reach up to 25 mph • The wombat's primary defense is its toughened rear hide with most of the posterior made of cartilage. When attacked, wombats dive into a nearby tunnel, using their rump to block a pursuing attacker.

  6. Conservation • The field and pasture damage caused by wombat burrowing can be a destructive nuisance to ranchers and farmers. • Wombats have been hunted for this behavior, as well as for their fur and simply for sport. • Some species (the northern hairy-nosed wombats) are now critically endangered, while others (the common or coarse-haired wombat) are still hunted as vermin.

  7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpl82THnngE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnJUWwSx1kE&feature=related

More Related