Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Lasiorhinus krefftii
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Mammals
The northern hairy-nosed wombat or yaminon is one of three extant species of Australian marsupials known as wombats. It is one of the rarest land mammals in the world and is critically endangered. Its historical range previously extended across New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, and as recently as 100 years ago it was considered extinct.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Vombatidae
- Genus
- Lasiorhinus