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Vombatus ursinus (common wombat)

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae

Taxonomy
Didelphis ursina was named by Shaw (1800). It is extant.

It was recombined as Phascolomys ursinus by Pocock (1921); it was recombined as Vombatus ursinus by Marshall (1974), Wells (1989), Louys (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. urinus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Didelphis ursina Shaw
1810Opossum hirsutum Perry
1815Phascolomys vombatus Leach
1838Phascolomys mitchelli Owen
1853Phascolomys platyrhinus Owen
1921Phascolomys ursinus Pocock p. 594
1974Vombatus ursinus Marshall p. 66
1989Vombatus ursinus Wells
2015Vombatus ursinus Louys

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderVombatiformesBurnett 1830
infraorderVombatomorphiaAlpin and Archer 1987
superfamilyVombatoideaIredole and Troughton 1934
familyVombatidaeBurnett 1829
genusVombatusSaint-Hillaire 1803
speciesursinus(Shaw 1800)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vombatus ursinus Shaw 1800 [common wombat]
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Invalid names: Opossum hirsutum Perry 1810 [synonym], Phascolomys mitchelli Owen 1838 [synonym], Phascolomys platyrhinus Owen 1853 [synonym], Phascolomys vombatus Leach 1815 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:32:58
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:32:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bassarova et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Holocene23.04 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Vombatus ursinus (182835)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Vombatus ursinus (28298 136159 136430)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Vombatus ursinus (136221)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Vombatus ursinus (136075)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Vombatus ursinus (136730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) Vombatus ursinus (182959)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Vombatus ursinus (182939 197269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Vombatus ursinus (136172 183085)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Vombatus ursinus (235090)