| Lasiorhinus[1] | |
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| Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Vombatiformes |
| Family: | Vombatidae |
| Genus: | Lasiorhinus Owen, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Lasiorhinus
latifrons Owen, 1845 |
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| Species | |
Lasiorhinus is the genus containing the two hairy-nosed wombats, which are found with in Australia. The species are:
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is found in some of the semi-arid 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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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Vombatiformes
Familia: Vombatidae
Genus: Lasiorhinus
Species: L. krefftii -
L. latifrons
Lasiorhinus Gray, 1863
Type species: L. mcoyi Gray, 1863
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