Description
Northern hairy-nosed wombats can be 35 cm high, up to 1 m long and up to 40 kg. The females are a little bit bigger than the males because they have an extra layer of fat. It is slightly larger than the common wombat and able to breed somewhat faster (two young every three years). The northern hairy-nosed wombat's nose is very important in their survival because they have very poor eyesight so they can smell their food in the dark. It takes about a day for a northern hairy-nosed wombat to dig a burrow with their sharp claws (The wombat's claws are about 5 cm in length).
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