Wombats

Julie Murray

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
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Production Contributors: Teddy Borth, Jennie Forsberg, Grace Hansen
Design Contributors: Christina Doffing, Candice Keimig, Dorothy Toth

Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Murray, Julie, author.

Title: Wombats / by Julie Murray.
Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Kids, 2018. | Series: Nocturnal animals |
Includes glossary, index and online resource (page 24).
Identifiers: LCCN 2017908181 | ISBN 9781532104091 (lib.bdg.) | ISBN 9781532105210 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781532105777 (Read-to-me ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Wombats--Juvenile literature. | Nocturnal animals--Juvenile literature. |
Endemic animals--Australia--Juvenile literature.
Classification: DDC 599.2--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017908181
Table of Contents
Wombats . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Features of
Wombats . . . . . . . . . . 22

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . 23

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Abdo Kids Code . . . . 24

 Wombats

Wombats live in Australia.

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Australia

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 They have small eyes and ears.

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 They have short legs. They have
short tails too.

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 They have fur. It can be any
shade of brown.

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 They have sharp claws.
They use them to dig.

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 Wombats rest in burrows.
They sleep during the day.

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 They come out at night.
They are ready to eat!

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 They only eat plants. They eat
grass. They like roots too.

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 The young grow in a pouch.
They drink their mother’s milk.

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 Features of Wombats

sharp claws short legs

short tail small ears

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Glossary

burrow
a hole or tunnel dug by a
small animal.

pouch fur
a stomach pocket where some usually the short, fine, soft hair of
animals carry their young. some animals. However, a wombat
has rough, thick fur.

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 Index
Australia 4 color 10 fur 10

babies 20 ears 6 legs 8

burrow 14 eyes 6 sleep 14

claws 12 food 16, 18, 20 tail 8

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