Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Coarse-Haired Wombat, Common Wombat, Forest Wombat, Naked-Nosed Wombat
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
()
- (Illiger, 1811) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Marsupials
- Magnorder:
Australidelphia
()
- (Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Eometatheria
()
- (Simpson, 1970) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Grandorder:
Syndactyli
()
- (Gill, 1871) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Diprotodontia
()
- Owen, 1866
- Suborder:
Vombatiformes
()
- Burnett, 1830
- Superfamily:
Vombatoidea
()
- (Burnett, 1830) Kirsch in Hunsaker, 1977:45
- Family:
Vombatidae
()
- Burnett, 1829[1830], Nom. Cons.
- Genus:
Vombatus
()
- É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
- Specific name:
ursinus
- (Shaw, 1800)
- Scientific name: - Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)
- Specific name:
ursinus
- (Shaw, 1800)
- Genus:
Vombatus
(
- Family:
Vombatidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vombatoidea
(
- Suborder:
Vombatiformes
(
- Order:
Diprotodontia
(
- Grandorder:
Syndactyli
(
- Superorder:
Eometatheria
(
- Magnorder:
Australidelphia
(
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Vombatus
There are approximately 6 species in this genus:
V. urinus · V. ursinus (Coarse-Haired Wombat) · V. ursinus hirsutus · V. ursinus platyrrhinus · V. ursinus tasmaniensis · V. ursinus ursinus (Coarse-Haired Wombat)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 153, p. 155, p. 168, p. 192.
- Colin P. Groves: Status: Common
- Nowak, Ronald M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed. The Johns Hopkins UniversityPress. Baltimore and London. 1629. ISBN: 0-8018-3970-X.
- Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.
- Systematics of the South American marsupial family Caenolestidae / Larry G. Marshall --. [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. ENG url p. 118.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Museum of Texas Tech University
- , Mammal specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480183
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-552680
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816117
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 552680
- IUCN ID: 40556
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12004
Footnotes
- Mean = 340.650 meters (1,117.618 feet), Standard Deviation = 422.410 based on 172 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
