- · Grid units represent actual meters (m); human and animals are drawn to the exact same scale with original silhouette aspect ratios preserved.
- · When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
- · Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat silhouette: PhyloPic — Gavin Prideaux · CC0 1.0 (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
- · Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0
Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Lasiorhinus krefftii (Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat · キタケバナウォンバット)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 40 kg equals two 20 kg bags of rice, and its body length of about 1 m is around the height of a grade 1 elementary school child (Comparison).
- 💡 Until recently it was widely hunted for its valuable fur, and competition with cattle for the same grasses was a major cause of its decline.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat is a burrowing animal living in grasslands and open woodlands of semi-arid Australia, and is among the world's largest burrowing animals. It is listed as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has a sturdy build with very powerful forelimbs, soft brown fur, and long whiskers beside its nose that give it the name 'hairy-nosed.' Its upper molars grow continuously, and the female's pouch opens backward.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
A strict herbivore that feeds only on native grasses within its park, it is nocturnal with weak eyesight but keen smell and hearing. It digs long burrow systems (warrens) in deep sand, lives solitarily, and gives birth to a single young.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List CR (2016) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11343/21959050
- • IUCN Red List category CR — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000405
- • iucnredlist.org — 21959050
- • wikidata.org — Q1134186
- • animaldiversity.org — Lasiorhinus krefftii
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Gavin Prideaux · CC0 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Lasiorhinus latifrons)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.