| Lasiorhinus[1] | |
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| Southern hairy-nosed wombat | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Vombatidae |
| Genus: | Lasiorhinus J. E. Gray, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Lasiorhinus mcoyi[2] | |
| Species | |
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Lasiorhinus is the genus containing the two extanthairy-nosed wombats, which are found inAustralia. The southern hairy-nosedwombat is found in some of the semiarid to arid regions belt from New South Wales southwest to the South Australia-Western Australia border. TheIUCN categorises it asNear Threatened. Conversely, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is categorised asCritically Endangered and only survives in a 3-square-kilometre (1.2 sq mi) range within the Epping Forest National Park in Queensland, but formerly also existed in Victoria and New South Wales.
The genus includes the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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.jpg) | Lasiorhinus krefftii | Northern hairy-nosed wombat | Queensland |
 | Lasiorhinus latifrons | Southern hairy-nosed wombat | From the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border area |
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