Wombat skeleton. Skeleton of the coarse-haired wombat (Vombatus ursinus). This rodent-like marsupial,also known as the common wombat,inhabits the mountainous coastal areas of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. It has a coarse fur coat and powerful legs and claws for digging. It is a solitary animal. Apart from during the breeding season,it lives alone in a burrow and feeds in a territory that it defends from others by scent-marking and aggressive behaviour. The female has a backwards-pointing pouch in which the young complete their development. A herbivore,the wombat feeds on grasses,roots and fungi which it forages for at night | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Grant Museum of Zoology / UCL |
Bildgröße: | 4882 px × 3661 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |