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Common Wombat - Fact Sheet April 2020
Common Wombat - Fact Sheet April 2020
Common Wombat
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The joey will leave the pouch at 10 months but will stay Further reading
with the mother for another 8 to 10 months. From the
Heard, G.W. and Ramsey, D.S.L. (2020). Modelling the
time the juvenile leaves the pouch it begins to
abundance of the Common Wombat across Victoria.
supplement its mother’s milk with increasing amounts of Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research,
plant material. Heidelberg, Victoria.
Between 12-15 months of age it stops suckling Menkhorst, P.W. (ed), (1995), Mammals of Victoria,
altogether. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Common Wombats reach breeding maturity at two
years and can live for 15 years in the wild or up to 20
years in captivity.
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