Vombat

Wombat

Vombat je mali torbar koji ima navike glodara: kopa duge podzemne hodnike, u koje se uvlači preko dana. Uveče napušta jazbinu i traga za hranom: travom, korijenjem, korom drveta i gljivama. Iako živi u velikim grupama, nije društven i svađa se sa članovima svog "plemena".

Vombati su kratkih nogu, mišićni četveronožni tobolčari, porijeklom iz Australije, dužine oko 1 metar, sa kratkim, zdepastim repom. Oni su prilagodljivi u staništa tolerancije, a nalaze se u šumovitim, planinskim i toplim područjima u jugo-istočnoj Australiji, uključujući i Tasmaniju, kao i u izoliranom području od oko 300 hektara u Epping Forest National Park-u, središnja Queensland.

Literatura

• Wombats, Barbara Triggs, Houghton Mifflin Australia Pty, 1990, ISBN 0-86770-114-5. Facts and photographs of wombats for children.
• The Wombat: Common Wombats in Australia, Barbara Triggs, University of New South Wales Press, 1996, ISBN 0-86840-263-X.
• The Secret Life of Wombats, James Woodford, Text Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1-877008-43-5.
• How to Attract the Wombat, Will Cuppy with illustrations by Ed Nofziger, David R. Godiine, 2002, ISBN 1-56792-156-6 (Originally published 1949, Rhinehart)
• The Secret World of Wombats, Jackie French with illustrations by Bruce Whatley, HarperCollins Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0-207-20031-9.

Vanjski linkovi

• South Australian Government Faunal Emblem (official website)
• Rossetti's Wombat: A Pre-Raphaelite Obsession in Victorian England Archived 2011-06-06 na Wayback Machine
• Sydney Morning Herald: Man attacked by wombat
• Secret sex life of wombat