Biology:Lasiorhinus

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Short description: Genus of marsupials


Lasiorhinus[1]
Wombat 1.jpg
Southern hairy-nosed wombat
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Vombatidae
Genus: Lasiorhinus
Gray, 1863
Type species
Lasiorhinus mcoyi[2]
Gray, 1863
Species

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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.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Haarnasenwombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii).jpg Lasiorhinus krefftii Northern hairy-nosed wombat Queensland
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat.jpg Lasiorhinus latifrons Southern hairy-nosed wombat From the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border area

Fossils

References

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  2. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=11000007. 
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  6. Johnson, Chris (2006-11-02) (in en). Australia's Mammal Extinctions: A 50,000-Year History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521686600. https://books.google.com/books?id=gcmfAgQcXDMC&q=Lasiorhinus+angustidens&pg=PA274. 
  7. MacPhee, Ross D. E.; SUES, HANS-DIETER (2013-11-09) (in en). Extinctions in Near Time: Causes, Contexts, and Consequences. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781475752021. https://books.google.com/books?id=nkLjBwAAQBAJ&q=Lasiorhinus+angustidens&pg=PA379. 
  8. Johnson (2002). "Determinants of loss of mammal species during the Late Quaternary 'megafauna' extinctions: life history and ecology, but not body size.". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269 (1506): 2221–2227. doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2130. PMID 12427315. 
  9. MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30) (in en). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920. https://books.google.com/books?id=UZLuF1YXYTcC&q=Lasiorhinus&pg=PA251. 

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