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Wombat Species: Physical Description, Life Cycle and Reproduction, Ecology, and Habitat

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Wombat Outline
The Introduction Section
Organism Introduction
The common and scientific name of your organism. Please see this link to help with scientific names if needed: How To Write Scientific Names
Where you observed your organism (country, state, park, zoo, etc.)
A brief discussion on why you chose your organism
If possible, a picture and/or video of you safely observing your species in the field. If not possible, search the Internet for an image (and remember to cite your source for the image) in a typical habitat.
The Body
Physical Description
You must include a brief physical description. You can use your personal observations. If you cannot safely observe your organism, you must research.
size, coloring, etc.
Life Cycle and Reproduction
Life Cycle: describe the life cycle of your organism.
The life cycle refers to the series of changes that happen from the beginning of life as your organism develops and grows into a mature organism. Please see here for some hints on the Life Cycle. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Reproduction: You must discuss the reproductive strategies of your organism (e.g. release of gametes by a fish or hermaphroditic reproduction in earthworms), mate choice, mating displays, mate competition, and mating systems.
Structure and Function
Please select one organ system of your organism that you find to be particularly interesting and describe both the anatomy and physiology of that system.
If your organism is an animal, here is a list of the general animal organ systems
Energy Ecology
If you can observe these, that is best. If not, research.
What are the food sources? Types? Amounts? Temporal pattern of feeding? Specific handling or processing of food items by the organism (e.g. the way a squirrel manipulates an acorn)
Habitat
Where your organism lives. This does not refer to a city or state, but rather the natural environment in which your organism lives.
You should consider abiotic factors, such as soil, water, etc., as well as biotic factors, such as predators, hosts, etc.
The Conclusion Section
This section should contain four to six points that sum up the main points from the body of the outline.
Start your conclusive section with one sentence summarizing some basic information about your chosen organism (name and geographical distribution).
Continue with a brief summary (1-2 sentences) about the life cycle and any particular body structures.
Include a brief summary (1-2 sentences) about the ecological role of your chosen organism in its ecosystem.
Wrap up the conclusive section with a closing note that provides brief information about a unique fact and/or behavior of your chosen organism.
The Reference Section
This is not just the reference page; rather, referencing should occur throughout the outline as it will in your presentation. Therefore, your outline should include both a separate reference page containing a minimum of five sources listed in proper APA reference list format AND internal citations throughout the outline where appropriate. Please be sure to see the resources below for assistance regarding in-text citations and reference list formatting, and/or ask me if you have any additional questions.

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Wombat Outline
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Introduction
* There are three wombat species found in Australia, the common (bare‐nosed) wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and, the southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons), and the northern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii) (Bradford, 2015).
* The Lasiorhinus genus has two extant hairy-nosed wombats.
* The animals are in the Vombatidae family, which are marsupials. The northern wombat is critically endangered, but the others are not endangered or critically extinct, and some species are only found in few places. 
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Physical Description
* The skin color of wombats can be beige, brown, black, or gray, and they measure one meter, and their weight is between 44 and 77 pounds (Wired, 2014)
* “The common wombat weighs 55 to 88 lbs. (25 to 40 kilograms), and the hairy-nosed wombat weighs 42 to 71 lbs. (19 to 32 kg)” (Bradford, 2015)
* Wombats have a pouch for their young, just like kangaroos, and the offspring live 6-8 months in the pouch, but the gestation period of a female usually lasts about three weeks.
* They tend to dig large burrow systems with their claws and front teeth in mountainous and wooded areas. 
* Wombats are nocturnal creatures, but they also forage for food on cold or cloudy days. 
Life Cycle and Reproduction:
* The wombat's gestation period is very short, lasting approximately 21- 30 days (Bradford, 2015).
* The females have a pouch (skin bag) where they shelter, keep and feed the young, which will be weaned for months.
Structure and Function
* Wombats have rootless teeth that grow continuously, unlike marsupials, which helps with the hard-wearing diet Britannica, n.d.)
* The wombat has two incisor teeth in each jaw like rodents ...
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