Doug Freyburger wrote:
FarmI wrote:
"Doug Freyburger" wrote:
Ruben wrote:

What is a wombat?

A marsupial that is not a possum, so that limits his continent to
Australia and it's islands.

As opposed to the multiple varieties of Australian possums which
aren't the same thing at all as US possums.

Exactly. Possums of various sorts are on multiple continents. Other
marsupials generally not.


One can try to distinguish some types by calling them opossums.

Was the wombat eating stuff in your garden or did you get to it in
time and relocate it? Being herbivores I would think you don't want
any in your garden.

Quite so. Other than what they may eat you could be inflicted with one
wanting to dig a home. Imagine a 5 year old boy at the controls of a
bulldozer.....

I figure they are not as voracious as rabbits
but they just might taste somewhat like rabiit. No clue if they are
rare enough to be protected.

They are much bigger than rabbits but don't occur in such large numbers.
All native fauna is protected by law regrdless of rarity.

D