Diprotodon: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	giant wombat

Photos

Illustration of Diprotodon, a large, extinct marsupial resembling a giant wombat, with shaggy brown fur, a broad snout, and a scale bar showing 30 centimeters or 12 inches for size reference.

Diprotodon (cast), mounted skeleton

See All Images →

Topics

Pleistocene Epoch fossil Borhyaenidae dinosaur Australopithecus Homo erectus Neanderthal Ardipithecus Homo habilis megalodon Australopithecus sediba feathered dinosaur

Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) in the outback of Queensland, Australia. Marsupial

Know Your Marsupials Quiz

Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz

Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)

Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz

Lion (panthera leo)

Deadliest Animals Quiz

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024

Animal Factoids

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names