Nature conservation

Threatened species

Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat - Riverina: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Lasiorhinus latifrons
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 01 Dec 2017

Distribution of the species within this region

The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Riverina Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Murray Scroll Belt Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat - Riverina is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Grasslands
    • Riverine Plain Grasslands
      • 165 Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
      • 1203 Speargrass natural grassland of the sandplains of the Murray Darling Bioregion
    • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
      • 50 Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
      • 242 Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains