The eyes are small, and the ears are rather short. The pouch opens rearward.
Wombats bear one young at a time, which develop in the pouch five months or longer.
Wombats are chiefly nocturnal and strictly herbivorous, eating grasses and the inner bark of tree and shrub roots. In Western Victoria Wombats are considered pests because they dig in cultivated fields and pastures and because their burrows harbour rabbits. Everywhere else, they're protected by law. Farmers make Wombat Gates in their fences to allow wombats through without damage. Apparently there are only 65 animals left.