Lasiorhinus krefftii barnardi (Longman, 1939:283)
Northern hairy-nosed wombat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Lasiorhinus latifrons barnardi Longman, 1939:283 (basionym)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Crossman, 1988)
Distribution
Queensland, Australia
Type locality: "Epping Forest Station, 75 km west of Clermont, Qld." (Dawson, 1988:48)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Syntypes:
QM 6239 (male; skin & skull) (Dawson, 1988:48)
QM 6240 (skull) (Dawson, 1988:48)
QM 6283 (skull) (Dawson, 1988:48)
QM 6284 (skull) (Dawson, 1988:48)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Longman, H. A. (1939). A central Queensland wombat. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 283-287, pl. 26.
Other references:
Crossman, D. (1988). Lost and found. The northern hairy-nosed wombat. Wildlife in Australia 25: 8-11.
Dawson, L. J. (1988). Vombatidae, pp. 48-50. In: Walton, D. W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. x + 273 pp.
Fisher, Diana O. (2011). Trajectories from extinction: where are missing mammals rediscovered? Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x [Appendix S1]
Horsup, A. and Johnson, C. N. (2023). Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii, pp. 205-207. In: Baker, Andrew M. and Gynther, Ian C. (eds.). Strahan’s Mammals of Australia (4th ed.). Wahroonga, NSW: Reed New Holland Publishers. 848 pp.
Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 99]
Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]
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Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2025). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 1 March 2025]