# Vombatus

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Genus of mammals

Vombatus Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Family: Vombatidae Genus: Vombatus É. Geoffroy, 1803 Type species Vombatus ursinus Shaw, 1800

***Vombatus*** is a genus of [marsupial](/source/Marsupial) that contains a single living species, the [common wombat](/source/Common_wombat) (*Vombatus ursinus).*

The recently extinct Hackett's wombat (*[Vombatus hacketti](/source/Vombatus_hacketti)*) is also a member of this genus.[1][2]

Image Scientific name Distribution Vombatus ursinus, common wombat †Vombatus hacketti, Hackett's wombat Southwest Australia

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Glauert_1-0)** Glauert, Ludwig (1910). "The Mammoth cave". *Records of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery*. **1** (1): 11–36.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). [*Extinctions in Near Time*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UZLuF1YXYTcC&q=Euryzygoma&pg=PA251). Springer Science & Business Media. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780306460920](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780306460920).

v t e Vombatiformes Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Diprotodontia †Thylacoleonidae Enigmaleo Lekaneleo Microleo Thylacoleo Wakaleo Phascolarctidae †Invictokoala †Koobor †Litokoala †Madakoala †Nimiokoala †Perikoala Phascolarctos †Priscakoala Vombatomorphia †Thylacoleonidae? †Ilariidae Ilaria Kuterintja †Wynyardiidae Muramura Namilamadeta Wynyardia Vombatoidea †Marada? †Mukupirna Vombatidae Lasiorhinus †Nimbavombatus †Phascolonus †Ramsayia †Rhizophascolonus †Sedophascolomys Vombatus †Warendja †Diprotodontoidea Palorchestidae Palorchestes Propalorchestes Diprotodontidae Alkwertatherium Ambulator Diprotodon Euowenia Euryzygoma Hulitherium Kolopsis Kolopsoides Maokopia Meniscolophus Neohelos Ngapakaldia Nimbadon Nototherium Pitikantia Plaisiodon Pyramios Raemeotherium Silvabestius Sthenomerus Zygomaturus

Taxon identifiers Vombatus Wikidata: Q10832986 Wikispecies: Vombatus AFD: Vombatus BOLD: 3250 CoL: 878Z EoL: 98545 EPPO: 1VOMBG GBIF: 2440300 iNaturalist: 43008 IRMNG: 1038014 ITIS: 552430 MSW: 11000013 NCBI: 29138 Open Tree of Life: 835327 Paleobiology Database: 40184 Taxonomicon: 60457 ZooBank: 616D7AF9-9902-452A-98F6-1E455C33FAB6

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