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Vombatus ursinus

Common wombat, Bare-nosed Wombat at Pearce, ACT

Vombatus ursinus at Pearce, ACT - 27 Feb 2023
Vombatus ursinus at Pearce, ACT - 27 Feb 2023
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Vombatus ursinus 27 Mar 2023 MichaelBedingfield
Vombatus ursinus 27 Feb 2023 CarbonAI
Vombatus ursinus 27 Feb 2023 George

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These scats were on the footpath about 20m from the reserve - have there been any other recent wombat sightings from Mt Taylor

6 comments

jks wrote:
   12 Mar 2023
@CarbonAI well done! Id'ing scats now!
CarbonAI wrote:
   12 Mar 2023
Well @jksmits, I was at least 99.0 % certain, so I had a red hot go. If you don't agree with my confirmation, please help me improve by confirming the correct species.
jks wrote:
   12 Mar 2023
To answer your question @George there was one record up on the reserve above here in 2017, and one of a healthy one in November 2022 along the back of the reserve behind Park Hill Street Pearce reported to the ACT Wombat Mange project: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/9bf75df45ef7499ba4a38305b3373d29. Thank you for your sighting!
DonFletcher wrote:
   12 Mar 2023
Those shapes seem to me to be within the possible range for a large male EG Kangaroo. (I have collected hundreds of EGK scats and I have counted tens of thousands.) And most wombat scats are more cubic than this set, so shape-wise I would say these are in an overlap between the two species, therefore size is important. @George ?
George wrote:
   13 Mar 2023
I did the reports back on MT in 2017 - we do have a few old EGK in the burbs atm but size definitely equate with those Iwombat scats I’ve seen in kozzy and elsewhere - that’s what pullled is up on the path :)
DonFletcher wrote:
   13 Mar 2023
OK. Wombat then. cheers

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