Vombatus ursinus

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Common Wombat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Vombatiformes
Family : Vombatidae
Genus : Vombatus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Shaw, G.K. 1800. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. I. Part 2. Mammalia. G. Kearsley, London, 249–552 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632636

Original name as described

Didelphis Ursina

Other common names

Bare-nosed Wombat · Coarse-haired Wombat · Forest Wombat · Bass Strait Wombat · Flinders Island Wombat · Tasmanian Wombat

Type locality

"New Holland [= Australia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000407

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Phascolomys setosus

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

setosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1859.4.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9808a53-db9f-47d8-88bd-acc88771d5fb

Authority page

459

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221913

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomys niger

(J. Gould, 1863)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1868.12.29.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/81d12e29-6f69-49f5-9a5d-28df95efa384

Authority page

pl. I-60 (unnumbered p. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49738289

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomys platyrhinus

(R. Owen, 1853)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

platyrhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1946.339

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c5291fab-387f-42ec-8864-c7f94496a108

Authority page

334

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomis vombatus

(Leach, 1815)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

vombatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1980.360

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f05c7823-532b-4ce3-8949-a7b0a98c4c07

Authority page

102; Plate 96

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomys Mitchellii

(R. Owen in T. L. Mitchell, 1838)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

mitchellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:M 10791, BMNH:PV:M 10792, BMNH:PV:M 10793, BMNH:PV:M 10794

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56306453

Authority publication

London

Phascolomys parvus

(R. Owen, 1872)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:OR 32893

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54213118

Authority publication

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Phascolomys thomsoni

(R. Owen, 1872)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

thomsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:OR 38608

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54213117

Authority publication

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Phascolomis wombat

(Lesueur & S. L. Petit, 1807)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

wombat

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-406

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1990-406

Authority page

pl. 28

Authority publication

Paris

Phascolomys Bassii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

bassii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-406

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1990-406

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207697

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:229, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomys tasmaniensis

(W. B. Spencer & J. A. Kershaw, 1910)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

tasmaniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV C2057

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52138844

Authority publication

Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomys pliocenus

(McCoy, 1874)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

pliocenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV P7422

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

21

Authority publication

book

Amblotis Fossor

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

fossor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Phascolomys fusca

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

fusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Phascolomys ursinus

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Phascolomys Wombat

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

wombat

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Fitzinger (1855:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  3. Blyth (1863:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Vombatus ursinus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:50, 51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40556/21958985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

mitchelli

Groves, 2005

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

mitchelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

44

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Vombatus ursinus hirsutus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

hirsutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

432

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

tasmaniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

432

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Vombatus ursinus ursinus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

432

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Didelphis Ursina

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

504

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632636

Authority publication

London

Didelphis wombat

(J. H. Voigt, 1802)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

wombat

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

681

Authority publication

Magazin für den Neuesten Zustand der Naturkunde

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

wombatus fossor

A. G. Desmarest, 1804

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

fossor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57784623

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:v, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomys fuscus

(Tiedemann, 1808)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

437

Authority publication

Landshut

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Opossum hirsutum

(Perry, 1810)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

hirsutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

M1

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomys Angasii

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

angasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

458

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22221912

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomys assimilis

(Krefft, 1872)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

assimilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

426, col. 2

Authority publication

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Phascolomys bassi

(S. M. Jackson, Jansen, Baglione, & Callou, 2021)

Family

Vombatidae

Root name

bassi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

405

Authority publication

Zoosystema

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