If you thought #WombatWednesday was exciting, today is a step up - it’s National Wombat Day!!

Look forward to some wombat content throughout this most wombat-y of days

Let’s start off National Wombat Day with a wombat casually relieving an itch on a picnic table

Did you know that there are 3 species of wombat?

The one most people are familiar with is the bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus), which is found through SE Australia (including Tasmania)

Their diagnostic feature (unsurprisingly) is the lack of hair on their nose!

The further 2 wombat species both have hairy noses, and are named as such - the northern (L) and southern (R) hairy-nosed wombats

The southerners inhabit semi-arid shrubland/mallee in S Aus, while the northerners are critically endangered and confined to tiny populations

Wombats are ruthless grass predators, and will also take down shrubs, sedges, tubers & bark #NationalWombatDay

Incidentally, if we were to have a #FatWombatWeek (equivalent of #FatBearWeek in the USA), this chonk would be my primary contender - look at that chin!

Wombat camouflage is unparalleled in the animal kingdom - is it a furry bush, a hungry rock?

There’s just no way of knowing
#NationalWombatDay

Let's finish off #NationalWombatDay with one of my favourite wombat genres - little wombats with big wombats

Happy wombat-ing everyone!