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Name: Wombat, Family Vombatidae
Description: Marsupials, short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, about three feet in length, with a very short tail.
Location: Australia
Special Features:
Marsupial
Very slow metabolism
Not usually afraid of humans
Dig extensive burrow systems
Spend between three and eight hours each night grazing
Sharp claws and stubby legs
Diet: Grasses, sedges, herbs, bark and roots.
Neat Fact: The ancestors of modern wombats evolved sometime between 55 and 26 million years ago.
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