Lasiorhinus
| Lasiorhinus[1] | |
|---|---|
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| Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Vombatiformes |
| Family: | Vombatidae |
| Genus: | Lasiorhinus Owen, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Lasiorhinus latifrons Owen, 1845 | |
| Species | |
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Lasiorhinus is the genus containing the two hairy-nosed wombats, which are found in Australia. The species are:
- Northern hairy-nosed wombat, L. krefftii
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat, L. latifrons
- Lasiorhinus angustidens fossil
The southern hairy-nosed wombat is found in some of the semiarid to arid regions belt from New South Wales southwest to the South Australia-Western Australia border. The IUCN categorises it as Least Concern. Conversely, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is categorised as Critically Endangered and only survives in a 3-km2 range within the Epping Forest National Park in Queensland, but formerly also existed in Victoria and New South Wales.
References
- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Lasiorhinus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.