Vombatus ursinus (Shaw 1800)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 44

Vombatus ursinus (Shaw 1800)

[Didelphis] ursina Shaw 1800 , Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., Vol. 1, 2, Mammalia: 504.

Type Locality: Australia, Tasmania, Bass Strait, Cape Barren Isl.

Vernacular Names: Common Wombat.

Synonyms: Vombatus angasii (Gray 1863) ; Vombatus assimilis (Krefft 1872) ; Vombatus bassii (Lesson 1827) ; Vombatus fossor (Desmarest 1804) ; Vombatus fuscus (Tiedemann 1808) ; Vombatus hirsutum (Perry 1810) ; Vombatus mitchelli (Owen 1838) ; Vombatus niger (Gould 1863) ; Vombatus platyrhinus (Owen 1853) ; Vombatus setosus (Gray 1863) ; Vombatus tasmaniensis (Spencer and Kershaw 1910) ; Vombatus wombat (Voigt 1802) .

Distribution: E New South Wales, S Victoria, SE South Australia, Tasmania, islands in the Bass Strait, and extreme SE Queensland ( Australia).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as V. u. ursinus , Lower Risk (lc) as V. usrinus . Common.

Discussion: Subspecies uncertain; marked differences in size exist between insular and mainland wombats, but there are wide overlaps.