The Wombat
The Wombat is dark brown in colour and looks like a baby bear. It has a large head with a thick snout, thick whiskers and short stumpy legs with sharp claws. It weighs about 26kgs (55 lbs) and is about 1 meter (3 ft) long.
It normally walks quite slowly but it can gallop pretty fast when it wants to.
It lives in underground burrows which can be up to 20m long. It hollows out its burrow by lying on its side and digging with its front legs while pushing the dirt out with its hind feet.
It eats plant roots, bark and grass. It normally feeds at night during the summer and may come out during the day in colder months.
It makes lots of grunting noises. A Wombat is a marsupial. Its closest relative is the Koala.
