The wombats are the biggest marsupials in Australia. It is an amazing animal one meter in length with a very short tail and covered with thick fur. Its color can vary from a sandy to brown, or from gray to black.. Name “wombat” comes from the Eora Aboriginal community, the inhabitants of the Sydney area. Wombats are usually found in South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

Most of their lifetime wombats spend under the ground, digging small caves in the ground with their sharp nails, some of them form tunnel systems. The back legs are used to push earth and take it out of the way. As a rule, some of the tunnels are 20 m long and 3,5 m deep. Wombats are active in the night, when they start searching the food. They have very slow metabolism, so it takes them 14 days to complete digestion. Although wombats look very big, phlegmatic and seem to be very slow,  they can run very fast forming speed at around 40 km per hour. In the daytime wombats rest in their caves.

Wombats are not afraid of the people. There are many Australian reservations where these animals can be met close. Unfortunately many people's only contact with wombats is on highways at night, when many are killed in accidents, often doing considerable damage to vehicles.  Wombats are animals, protected by the law.

An adult wombat doesn’t have natural enemies except the dingo, which was brought to Australia by human. The most guilty things in wombats’ deaths are the automobiles and the people.