They have a short 25mm tail and stumpy legs. A Wombat even has its own feeding ground. A Wombat lives in hilly forest country and it likes to burrow underground. A burrow can be as long as 20 metres. Sometimes burrows can interconnect, so whilst Wombats are loners they can show some community spirit.
Wombats are nocturnal animals which eat grasses, roots and herbs after dark.
There are three species of Wombats. A Koala has a woolly coat with large fluffy ears, a bulbous nose and almost no tail. A Koala is nocturnal. This means it sleeps during the day in the fork of a tree and eats after dark. Its strong claws allows it to be a strong climber.