''Vombatus'' is a genus of

marsupial Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia. They are natively found in Australasia, Wallacea, and the Americas. One of marsupials' unique features is their reproductive strategy: the young are born in a r ...

that contains a single living species, the

common wombat The common wombat (''Vombatus ursinus''), also known as the bare-nosed wombat, is a marsupial, one of three extant species of wombats and the only one in the genus ''Vombatus''. It has three subspecies: ''Vombatus ursinus hirsutus'', found on the ...

(''Vombatus ursinus).'' The recently extinct Hackett's wombat ('' Vombatus hacketti'') is also a member of this genus.

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Mammal genera with one living species Marsupial genera Taxa named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Vombatiforms {{Diprotodont-stub