Lasiorhinus krefftii Owen 1873

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 43

Lasiorhinus krefftii Owen 1873

Lasiorhinus krefftii Owen 1873 , Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, 162: 178.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Wellington Caves, Breccia Cavern.

Vernacular Names: Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lasiorhinus krefftii subsp. krefftii Owen 1873

Subspecies Lasiorhinus krefftii subsp. gillespiei DeVis 1900

Subspecies Lasiorhinus krefftii subsp. barnardi Longman 1939

Distribution: Australia: SE and E Queensland, Deniliquin (New South Wales).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Includes gillespiei and barnardi according to Kirsch and Calaby (1977:23), who stated that only a single remnant population of krefftii remained at the type locality of barnardi. However, populations historically known as barnardi may not be referable to krefftii .