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Line 1: − Wombats are marsupials, and are short legged quadropeds. + − According to creation science theories, after the Flood, Wombats may have joined the [[kangaroo]]s that bred from the Ark passengers and then migrated to Australia. There is debate whether this migration happened over land<ref name="ca1">[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c006.html "How did animals get from the Ark to isolated places, such as Australia?"], ChristianAnswers.net.</ref> -- as Australia was still for a time connected to Europe by a land bridge similar to the one that connected Asia to America<ref>[http://biblicalstudies.qldwide.net.au/cs-kangaroos_dinosaurs_and_eden.html "Kangaroos, Dinosaurs, and Eden"], Ken Ham.</ref> -- or if they [[rafting (ecology) | rafted]] on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters.<ref name="ca1"/>+ − Another theory is that God simply generated wombats into existence there. − Secular evolution holds them to have evolved from Diprotodontians about 55-65 million years ago.+ − + + + + + +
Added more info. Also, its one of God's cutest creations, but the image was too big on the page. Reduced.
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'''Wombats''' are stocky, tailless, ursiform [[marsupial | marsupials]] of the [[Linnaean taxonomy | Linnaean taxonomic]] family ''Vombatidae''. They are nocturnal, walk on four short legs, like to burrow, and are herbivorous.
The common wombat (''Vombatus ursinus'') reaches about three feet in length and produces distinctive cubical scat<ref name="triggs">[http://dannyreviews.com/h/Wombat.html Review: ''The Wombat: Common Wombats in Australia'' by Barbara Triggs]</ref>. There are also two or three (depending on classification) rare species of hairy-nosed wombats of the genus ''Lasiorhinus''<ref>[http://www.wombania.com/wombats/hairy-nosed-wombat.htm Wombat Information Center: Hairy Nosed Wombat]</ref>.
[[Image:Wombat-pic.jpg]]
According to [[creation science]] theories, after the Flood, representatives of the separately created wombat [[baraminology | archaebaramin]] were among those animals that migrated from the [[Middle East]] to [[Australia]] as part of the [[Post-Diluvian Diasporas]].
Evolutionists theorize that modern wombats evolved from Diprotodontians (the supposed common ancestors of wombats and [[kangaroo | kangaroos]]) about 55-65 million years ago and that they are closely related to the [[koala]]<ref name="triggs"/>.
One of the most notable features of the wombat is that its pouch opens backwards compared to kangaroos and other marsupial animals. Creation researchers argue that this wombat-specific design provides strong evidence for the wombat's special creation and against the evolutionists' Diprotodontian theory of wombat/kangaroo common ancestry<ref>[http://www.icr.org/article/677/ ''Watches and Wombats''], by Kenneth Ham, Institute for Creation Research</ref>.
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