TITLE

Rare wombat finds itself ever more alone

PUB. DATE
March 1997
SOURCE
National Geographic;Mar97, Vol. 191 Issue 3, Preceding p7
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on the rarity of Australia's northern hairy-nosed wombat. The number of members left in this endangered species; Reasons that they are endangered; Andrew Woolnough's monitoring of the marsupial.
ACCESSION #
9702261960

Tags: ENDANGERED species;  WOMBATS

 

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