At this stage extinction was assumed. In 1937 a small population was discovered in Epping Forest in Queensland near Clermont. In 1971 there were only 35 individuals counted, but 1995 there were about 80. A recent report suggested this number had dropped again to about 60 but this is unconfirmed. They will remain in great danger of extinction until there are sufficient numbers to repopulate other areas, since a single location is too vulnerable to a chance catastrophe that may wipe them out.
Wombats are smart.
They have a large brain and they know how to use it. They are frolicsome and will play with what seems like inexhaustible energy. They are particularly fast and smart when a packet of chocolate biscuits is about to be put out of reach. They really can run. Wombats as everyone knows dig holes, big holes.