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<p>Wombats are short-legged, muscular <a href="/facts/Quadruped/KMVYdsYf">quadrupedal</a> <a href="/facts/Marsupial/zN5s4bMq">marsupials</a> of the family Vombatidae that are native to <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>. Living species are about 1 m (40 in) in length with small, stubby tails and weigh between 20 and 35 kg (44 and 77 lb). They are adaptable and habitat tolerant, and are found in forested, mountainous, and <a href="/facts/Heath/Eu3P8zbP">heathland</a> areas of southern and eastern Australia, including Tasmania, as well as an isolated patch of about 300 ha (740 acres) in <a href="/facts/Epping_Forest_National_Park/aGczKMrC">Epping Forest National Park</a> in central Queensland. </p>