Lasiorhinus
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| 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 |
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| Species | |
Lasiorhinus is the genus containing the two hairy-nosed wombats, which are found in Australia. The species are:
- Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii
- Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons
- Lasiorhinus angustioens fossil
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is found in some of the semi-arid 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, Colin P. (16 November 2005). "Genus Lasiorhinus". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 43-44. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11000007.
