Vombatus ursinus

Common wombat, Bare-nosed Wombat at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Identification history

	Vombatus ursinus	25 May 2023	CarbonAI
	Vombatus ursinus	25 May 2023	davidcunninghamwildlife

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User's notes

Wombat had mange and was regularly scratching with his front or rear claws, or rubbing against branches. He entered a burrow at the location of the photos (next to the Butters Bridge).

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davidcunninghamwildlife wrote:

25 May 2023

Also reported to the ACT Wombat Mange Portal at
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/9bf75df45ef7499ba4a38305b3373d29

jks wrote:

27 Jun 2023

Poor Fella

DonFletcher wrote:

27 Jun 2023

I sent this page to Yolandi Vermeek yolandi.vermaak@gmail.com who has a group of people who treat mangy wombats

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1 Abundance
24 May 2023 04:10 PM Recorded on
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Mammals Wombats & Koalas davidcunninghamwildlife Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Male Gender
Injured / sick Animal health
True Wombat has mange

Species information

Vombatus ursinus Scientific name
Common wombat, Bare-nosed Wombat Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1718.73m Recorded at altitude
227 images trained Machine learning

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