<P> The northern hairy - nosed wombat is nocturnal, living underground in networks of burrows . They avoid coming above ground during harsh weather, as their burrows maintain a constant humidity and temperature . They have been known to share burrows with up to 10 individuals, equally divided by sex . Young are usually born during the wet season, between November and April . When rain is abundant, 50 - 80% of the females in the population will breed, giving birth to one offspring at a time . Juveniles stay in their mothers' pouches for 8 to 9 months, and are weaned at 12 months of age . </P> <P> The fat reserves and low metabolic rate of this species permit northern hairy - nosed wombats to go without food for several days when food is scarce . Even when they do feed every day, it is only for 6 hours a day in the winter and 2 hours in the summer, significantly less than a similar - sized kangaroo, which feeds for at least 18 hours a day . Their diet consists of native grasses: black speargrass (Heteropogon contortus), bottle washer grasses (Enneapogon spp .), golden beard grass (Chrysopogon fallax), and three - awned grass (Aristida spp .), as well as various types of roots . The teeth continue to grow beyond the juvenile period, and are worn down by the abrasive grasses they eat. . Its habitat has become infested with African buffel grass, a grass species introduced for cattle grazing . The grass outcompetes the more nutritional and native grasses on which the wombat prefers to feed by limiting its quantity, forcing the wombat to travel further to find the native grasses it prefers, and leading to a reduction in biomass . </P> <P> The genus name Lasiorhinus comes from the Latin words lasios, meaning hairy or shaggy, and rhinus, meaning nose . The widely accepted common name is northern hairy - nosed wombat, based on the historical range of the species, as well as the fur, or "whiskers", on its nose . In some older literature, it is referred to as the Queensland hairy - nosed wombat . </P> <P> The northern hairy - nosed wombat shares its genus with one other extant species, the southern hairy - nosed wombat, while the common wombat is in the genus Vombatus . Both Lasiorhinus species differ morphologically from the common wombat by their silkier fur, broader hairy noses, and longer ears . </P>

Hairy nosed wombat also known as of the bush