{"id":161,"date":"2016-02-01T12:18:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T02:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safehaven-aace.org.au\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2016-04-21T11:34:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T01:34:53","slug":"wombats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.aace.org.au\/?page_id=161","title":{"rendered":"Southern Hairy Nose Wombat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat is Queensland\u2019s most endangered marsupial with a population of approximately 200 known individuals. By studying the closely related Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat, AACE contributes to gathering fundamental biological knowledge to aid in developing advanced breeding technologies that can be used to establish self-sustaining captive populations of both species.<\/p>\n

In 2009 a captive breeding and research centre for Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats was established by AACE in partnership with the University of Queensland. This centre provides healthy animals for captive management and breeding to contribute to the recovery of the critically endangered Northern Hairy-nosed wombat.
\nResearch to be carried out:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Reproduction and genetics of the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat.
\n\u2022 Breeding the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat as a model for the Northern cousin.
\n\u2022 Heat stress physiology of free-range and captive wombats \u2022 Behavioral ecology of wild wombats
\n\u2022 Vocal and auditory communication
\n\u2022 Fundamental anatomy and physiology of wombats
\n\u2022 Artifcial insemination of the Southern Hairy-nosed wombat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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