Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) . Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., 1 (2), Mammalia, p. 504.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Tasmania, Bass Strait, Cape Barren Island .

DISTRIBUTION: E New South Wales, S Victoria, SE South Australia, Tasmania, islands in the Bass Strait, and extreme SE Queensland (Australia).

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: angasii, assimilis, bassii, fossor, fuscus, hirsutus, mitchelli, niger, platyrhinus, setosus, tasmaniensis, vombatus, wombat.