Lasiorhinus

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Lasiorhinus[1]
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Southern hairy-nosed wombat
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Lasiorhinus

Owen, 1845
Type species
Lasiorhinus latifrons
Owen, 1845
Species

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Lasiorhinus is the genus containing the two hairy-nosed wombats, which are found in Australia. The species are:

The southern hairy-nosed wombat is found in some of the semiarid to arid regions belt from New South Wales southwest to the South Australia-Western Australia border. The IUCN categorises it as Least Concern. Conversely, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is categorised as Critically Endangered and only survives in a 3-km2 range within the Epping Forest National Park in Queensland, but formerly also existed in Victoria and New South Wales.

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