High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Diprotodon or Giant Wombat or Rhinoceros Wombat was the largest known marsupial that ever lived. It, along with many other members of a group of unusual species collectively called the Australian megafauna, existed from 1.6 million years ago until about 40,000 years ago (through most of the Pleistocene epoch). Diprotodon spp. fossils have been found in many places across Australia, including complete skulls and skeletons, as well as hair and foot impressions. More than one female skeleton has been found with a baby lying in her pouch. They inhabited open forest, woodlands, and grasslands, possibly staying close to water, and eating leaves, shrubs and some grasses. The largest specimens were hippopotamus-sized: about three meters (10 feet long) from nose to tail, standing two meters (6 ft 7) tall at the shoulder and weighing up to 2,786 kg (6,142 pounds). The closest surviving relatives are the wombats and the koala.

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