Vombatus Saint-Hillaire 1803 (common wombat)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Synonym: Opossum Perry 1810
Parent taxon: Vombatidae according to R. M. D. Beck et al. 2020
See also Louys 2015, Marshall 1974, McKenna and Bell 1997, Springer et al. 1994 and Wells 1989
Sister taxa: Lasiorhinus, Nimbavombatus, Phascolomys, Phascolonus, Ramsayia, Rhizophascolonus, Sedophascolomys, Warendja
Subtaxa: Vombatus hacketti Vombatus mitchelli Vombatus ursinus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (19 collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene to Holocene of Australia (1)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences
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