Species Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)
Bare-nosed Wombat, Common Wombat
Generic Combinations
- Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800).
- Phascolomys ursinus (Shaw, 1800).
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- Dawson, L.J. 1988. Vombatidae. pp. 48-50 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 5 x 274 pp.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Great Dividing Range.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, coastal, folivore, herbivore, montane, noctidiurnal, open forest, terrestrial, territorial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Graminivore.
General References
Barboza, P.S. 1993. Effects of restricted water intake on digestion, urea cycling and renal functioning in wombats (Marsupialia: Vombatidae) from contrasting habitats. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 527-536
Barboza, P.S. & Hume, I.D. 1992. Digestive tract morphology and digestion in the wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 162: 552-560
Barboza, P.S. & Hume, I.D. 1992. Hindgut fermentation in the wombats - two marsupial grazers. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 162: 561-566
Beal, A.M. 1995. Secretion of electrolytes, protein and urea by the mandibular gland of the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 164: 629-635
Brown, G. & Young, G. 1982. Wombats - amiable lawnmowers. Australian Natural History 20: 279-283 (ecology, physiology)
Brown, G.D. & Taylor, L.S. 1984. Radio-telemetry transmitters for use in studies of thermoregulation of unrestrained common wombats, Vombatus ursinus. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 289-298
Dawson, L. 1983. The taxonomic status of small fossil wombats (Vombatidae: Marsupialia) from Quaternary deposits, and of related modern wombats. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 107: 99-121
Green, R.H. & Rainbird, J.L. 1987. The common wombat Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) in northern Tasmania - Part 1. Breeding, growth and development. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 91: 1-20
Green, R.H. & Rainbird, J.L. 1988. The common wombat Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) in northern Tasmania - Part 2. The Bass Strait population, V. ursinus ursinus. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 92: 1-7
Lunney, D. & O'Connell, M. 1988. Habitat selection by the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, the red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus, and the common wombat, Vombatus ursinus, in logged, burnt forest near Bega, New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 695-706
McAllan, B.M., Roberts, J.R. & Barboza, P. 1995. The kidney structure of the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and the hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons). Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 181-191
McCarthy, G. & Prescott, T. 1985. The common wombat in the Geelong region. Geelong Naturalist 22: 58-61
McIlroy, J.C. 1995. Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus. pp. 204-205 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Nakajima, K, & Townsend, G.A. 1994. A morphometric study of the skulls of two species of wombats (Vombatus ursinus and Lasiorhinus latifrons). Australian Mammalogy 17: 65-72
Presidente, P.J.A. 1982. Common wombat Vombatus ursinus: maintenance in captivity, blood values, infectious and parasitic diseases. pp. 133-143 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.
Rishworth, C., McIlroy, J.C. & Tanton, M.T. 1995. Diet of the common wombat, Vombatinus ursinus, in plantations of Pinus radiata. Wildlife Research 22: 333-339
Rishworth, C., McIlroy, J.C. & Tanton, M.T. 1995. Factors affecting population densities of the common wombat, Vombatus ursinus, in plantations of Pinus radiata. Forest Ecology and Management 76: 11-19
Skerratt, L.F., Skerratt, J.H.L., Banks, S., Martin, R. & Handasyde, K. 2004. Aspects of the ecology of common wombats (Vombatus ursinus) at high density on pastoral land in Victoria. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 303-330
Taylor, R.J. 1993. Observations on the behaviour and ecology of the common wombat Vombatus ursinus in northeast Tasmania. Australian Mammalogy 16: 1-7
Wells, R.T. & Pridmore, P.A. (eds) 1998. Wombats. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty 332 pp.
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Common Wombat)
Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [100] (Bare-nosed Wombat)
History of changes
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| 29-Oct-2010 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |