My powerpoint science presentation on the Vombatiformes (Koala and Wombat)

1. Vombatiformes
Koalas and Wombats
By: Chris Helmhold

2. Biomes They Live In
 Australia
 Tall, eucalypt forests
 Low, woodland inlands
 Coastal inland trees
 Eat the leaves and bark of eucalyptus

3. Eucalyptus Tree

4. Competition
 No competition known
 Seldom do other organisms eat
eucalyptus leaves and bark

5. Adaptive Radiation
 Common Koala
 Northern Hairy nosed Wombat
 Southern Hairy nosed Wombat
 Common Wombat

6. Fun Fact: Wombat scat is cube shaped!!

7. Biodiversity (Relatives)
 Macropodidae
  Kangaroo
  Wallaby

8. Adaptations (Koala)
 Large nose (They rely on sense of smell)
 Heavily padded paws (for climbing grip)
 Sharp claws (again for climbing)
 Thick, dense coat of fur (Also serves as camouflage)
 Nocturnal

9. Adaptations (Wombat)
 Sharp claws on front leg
 Inverted pouch so dirt won’t enter and affect the baby
 Thick fur, hard for predators to pierce skin
 Live in burrows
 Nocturnal

10. Evolution (Extinct Varieties)
 Ilariidae  South Australia
 Marada  Discovered in 2001
 Palorchestidae  1948
 Diprotodontidae  28 million to 11,000 years ago!

11. Primary and Secondary
Succession
 Neohelos  Marsupial that lived 28 million years ago
 Walked on 4 legs
 Herbivore
 Fair amount of wading in rivers
 Under the same suborder, Vombatiformes

12. Neohelos

13. Sources
 http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100217013901AAB7tm9
 http://australianadaptations.wikispaces.com/Wombat
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vombatiformes
 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dinosaurs/conversations/messages/91
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