| Vombatus | |
|---|---|
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| Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Vombatidae |
| Genus: | Vombatus É. Geoffroy, 1803 |
| Type species | |
| Vombatus ursinus Shaw, 1800
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Vombatus is a genus of marsupial that contains a single living species, the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus).
The recently extinct Hackett's wombat (Vombatus hacketti) is also a member of this genus.[1][2]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Vombatus ursinus, common wombat | 
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| †Vombatus hacketti, Hackett's wombat | Southwest Australia |
- ^ Glauert, Ludwig (1910). "The Mammoth cave". Records of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery. 1 (1): 11–36.
- ^ MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920.