Vombatus

Vombatus
Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Vombatidae
Genus:	Vombatus É. Geoffroy, 1803
Type species
Vombatus ursinus Shaw, 1800

Vombatus is a genus of marsupial that contains a single living species, the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus).

The recently extinct Hackett's wombat ( Vombatus hacketti ) is also a member of this genus. ^{[1] [2]}

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Vombatus ursinus , common wombat
	† Vombatus hacketti , Hackett's wombat	Southwest Australia

References

1. Glauert, Ludwig (1910). "The Mammoth cave". Records of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery. 1 (1): 11–36.
2. MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9780306460920.