Welcome to the World Wide Wombat Web!

Wombats are cute furry creatures from Australia. There are not nearly enough web pages about them, and this page seeks to help fill this obvious shortfall.

Wombats belong to the marsupial order of species from Australia. The other marsupials include the koala, kangaroo, wallaby, bandicoot, bilby, nabarlek, quokka, quoll, tasmanian devil, tasmanian tiger and ringtail possum. There is also one species of marsupial found in North America, the Opossum.

For a concise summary of information about the the three species of the wombat family, and details of their lifestyle and life cycle, see the Wombat Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) answers.

The northern hairy-nosed wombat is a severely endangered species in immediate danger of extinction, and the other types are at risk too. Wombats are really much nicer creatures than koalas (too irritable when not drugged up on eucalyptus) and kangaroos (too stupid, and too tiring to watch). Why isn't anyone doing more to save the wombat?

Wombat links

• Comparison between the three different species of wombat
• Zoological detail on the Vombatidae family
• Information about the Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat
• Another name for the Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat is the Yaminon; there is a Yaminon Defence Fund charity in the USA.
• Queensland Museum estimates there are only 113 Hairy Nosed Wombats left alive.
• Information about the Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat (more technical)
• Tour of Tasmania describes the common wombats that are found in Tasmania
• Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary has a page on the common wombat and southern hairy nosed wombat
• The BBC has a page on the common wombat.
• Australian Fauna has interesting info about many native Australian species including the wombat.
• Your usenet news server may carry the discussion groups alt.religion.wombats and alt.animals.wombat

Wombat welfare

• If you are in Australia and have local information about wombat populations and their movements, Adelaide Zoo would love you to take a wombat survey. They also have wombat conservation information and "wombat wranglers" blogs.
• Wombat Rise Sanctuary is a home for injured and orphaned Australian native wildlife
• WomLand has many pictures of wombats in zoos
• Fourth Crossing Wildlife is a website devoted to Australian native animal conservation; see its page on "Save the Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat".
• Russell the Common Wombat was a baby wombat in foster care who has now been released back into the wild.
• FAME, the Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered species, supports wombat conservation among many other endangered species.

Pictures of wombats

• Wombat Crossing - the roadsign
• A winsome wombat
• Friendly young wombat in the snow
• Baby wombat close-ups
• You can search Google or search Bing for more pictures of wombats.
• To hear what wombats sound like, and watch clips of them moving around, you can search YouTube.

Wombat-related

• Ursula Vernon's Digger is a charming and multi-award-winning ongoing tale of a wombat's adventures in a far-off land of magic, living statues, oracular slugs and more.
• Mister Wombat is one of at least five world-travelling wombats.
• Wombania the cartoon strip about genetically engineered wombats includes a wombat information page
• Buy a cuddly soft toy wombat from Koala Express (who make donations to Koala preservation charities) or Aussie Things (who go from tiny up to full size replicas) or The Lost Forests which is an Australian-themed fantasty website based on a best-selling childrens book of the same name.

Not Really Wombats At All

• ADS Astronomy Abstract Service reports the discovery of a new galaxy named Wombat I.
• WebWombat is an Australian search engine.
• Animals Australia has links to zoos, animal parks and sanctuaries throughout Australia.
• Gary and the Wombats is the name of a Long-playing R&R/R&B band and Wombat Kombat is an italian rock group!

WOMBAT has also often been used as an acronym; in project management it means "Waste Of Money, Brains And Time". It has also been used to stand for the "Wavelength Oriented Microwave Background Analysis Team" at Berkeley and the "WOMen of Beauty And Temptation" mailing list.

This page last updated: 25-May-2011
Author: Jon Harley
My thanks to everyone who has sent me wombat links. If you find any other good wombat websites, please let me know by emailing me, jon@serf.org

My latest website is SpiffyMap, a start-up company making spiffy web maps.