Near complete Southern hairy-nosed wombat skeleton

Evidence that wombats are alive and well in Western Australia

Wombats in Western Australia – feared to be extinct in the 1980s – are alive and well. A recent expedition to the Nullarbor Plain, led by WA Museum Curator of Mammalogy, Dr Kenny Travouillon, found two near-complete Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat skeletons indicating the population is recovering. Dr Travouillon said the find was exciting for Western…