Lasiorhinus
Lasiorhinus is the genus containing the two extant hairy-nosed wombats, which are found in Australia. The southern hairy-nosed wombat is found in some of the semiarid to arid regions belt from New South Wales southwest to the South Australia-Western Australia border. The IUCN categorises it as Near Threatened. Conversely, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is categorised as Critically Endangered and only survives in a 3-square-kilometre (1.2 sq mi) range within the Epping Forest National Park in Queensland, but formerly also existed in Victoria and New South Wales.
| Lasiorhinus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Southern hairy-nosed wombat | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Vombatidae |
| Genus: | Lasiorhinus J. E. Gray, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Lasiorhinus mcoyi J. E. Gray, 1863 | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Species
The genus includes the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Lasiorhinus krefftii | Northern hairy-nosed wombat | Queensland |
 | Lasiorhinus latifrons | Southern hairy-nosed wombat | From the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border area |
Fossils
- †Lasiorhinus angustidens (fossil)
References
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