leading to transmission when one wombat traverses through another’s tunnels. Though wombats are solitary, they switch their burrows every 4 to 10 days and end up sharing the space over time ...

However, students at the University of Melbourne set up cameras near one wombat burrow in 2019 and found other animals, including koalas and bunnies, venturing inside these underground tunnels.

The Nullarbor is riddled with wombat and rabbit warrens ... wombats and rabbits sometimes share the same burrow. Usually it’s the smaller, sneakier rabbits taking advantage of the large and sturdy ...

One is the southern hairy-nosed wombat ... sometimes share the same burrow. Usually it's the smaller, sneakier rabbits taking advantage of the large and sturdy tunnels dug by wombats.

All wombat species live in Australia and Tasmania in mountains, forests and grasslands. Their homes are burrows, which consist of many tunnels and sleeping chambers. Some tunnels in a burrow can ...

Unlike kangaroos and koalas, most wombats actually do spend much of their time down under — in burrows that sometimes include up to ten entrances and tunnels ... wombat will depart her family ...

The wombat is a marsupial ... with multiple tunnels and several entrances. For each entry point, they dig a small hole with their forepaws and exit the burrow backward to prevent excess dirt ...

They change burrows every four to 10 days, often simply moving into a different burrow that was previously dug and occupied by another wombat. It is believed that the parasitic Sarcoptes scabiei ...

We found 56 animal species at wombat burrow sites (19 mammal species, 33 bird and four reptile). Wombat expert Barbara Triggs, who literally wrote the book on wombats, had seen several of these ...