#0250 · 🦊 mammals
Bare-nosed Wombat
🇳🇱 Wombat ·Vombatus ursinus
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- 9. © Mike Davison · CC BY-ND 4.0
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what is it?
The common wombat ( Vombatus ursinus ), also known as the coarse-haired wombat or bare-nosed wombat , is a marsupial, one of three extant species of wombats and the only one in the genus Vombatus . The common wombat grows to an average of 98 cm (39 in) long and a weight of 26 kg (57 lb).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 12,857 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1800 (226 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bare-nosed Wombat
- Nederlands
- Wombat
- scientific name
- Vombatus ursinus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Diprotodontia
- family
- Vombatidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 12,857
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1800 by George Shaw
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43009, Wikidata Q752436, GBIF 2440301, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.