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Southern hairy-nosed wombat size: How big do they get?

How big does a Southern hairy-nosed wombat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) reaches an average size of 85.5 cm (2′ 10″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 24.5 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 26.18 kg (57.72 lbs). A Southern hairy-nosed wombat has 1 babies at once. The Southern hairy-nosed wombat (genus: Lasiorhinus) is a member of the family Vombatidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Southern hairy-nosed wombat is (2' 10

The southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) is one of three extant species of wombats. It is found in scattered areas of semiarid scrub and mallee from the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border area. It is the smallest of all three wombat species. The young often do not survive dry seasons. It is the state animal of South Australia.Among the oldest southern hairy-nosed wombats ever documented were a male and a female from Brookfield Zoo just outside Chicago. Their names were Carver, who lived to be 34, and his mother, Vicky, who lived to be 24. In South Australia in 2010, a domesticated wombat named Wally was also reported as having reached the age of 34. Hamlet, a wombat at the Toronto Zoo, similarly died at age 34.

Animals of the same family as a Southern hairy-nosed wombat

We found other animals of the Vombatidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Southern hairy-nosed wombat

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Southern hairy-nosed wombat:

Animals with the same litter size as a Southern hairy-nosed wombat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Southern hairy-nosed wombat:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Southern hairy-nosed wombat

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Southern hairy-nosed wombat:

Animals with the same weight as a Southern hairy-nosed wombat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lasiorhinus latifrons: