Northern hairy-nosed wombat  (Lasiorhinus krefftii)

At present, just one population of about 90 individuals (7) is known in 300 hectares of Epping Forest National Park, central Queensland, Australia (4) (5). Historically it has only been known from two other sites, one in Deniliquin, New South Wales, the other in southern Queensland, both of which were extinct by 1908 (5).

Inhabits semi-arid sandy grasslands or gum tree (eucalypt)/ acacia woodlands (8).