Do wombats turn into Badgers in the winter?

Question

I was having a conversation and my friend said that wombats are called beavers in the winter? Is this True?

Answer 1

While wombats, badgers and beavers are all mammals, they are unrelated. Badgers and beavers are both placental mammals and are more closely related to each other than wombats which are marsupials.

In the early days of colonisation in Australia, wombats were often called badgers because they dug large burrows as badgers in the UK do but even then they knew that they were not badgers.

Answer 2

Wombats are wombats, spring, summer, fall and winter. They do not, they CAN NOT, turn into badgers, beavers, or any other type of animal...ever.


"They live in a burrow under the ground so that they can keep warm in winter. They eat grass and don't hibernate. Like other animals in winter they dig in the snow and eat the grass. Wombats are large animals that are about 1 meter long and stout. Their limbs are short and powerful. They have 5 toes on each foot . All of which bear strong claws except for the small first toe of the hind foot." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat

"Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre (3 feet) in length with a very short tail. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. Wombats dig extensive burrow systems with rodent-like front teeth and powerful claws. Although mainly crepuscular and nocturnal, wombats will also venture out to feed on cool or overcast days. They are not as commonly seen as many animals, but leave ample evidence of their passage, treating fences as a minor inconvenience to be gone through or under and leaving distinctive cubic scats. Wombats are herbivores, their diet consisting mostly of grasses, sedges, herbs, bark and roots. They are preyed on by the Tasmanian Devil. Their fur colour can vary from a sandy colour to brown, or from grey to black."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat

Answer 3

No, Wombats are marsupials and as such are only found in Australia. Badgers are mammals and are found in Europe and North America.

No animal turns into another during different seasons, although they have been known to change their coat colors, such as the ermine.

Answer 4

beavers can be wombats, brazilians, cuttlefish or cane toads. A wombat is a wombat however, except in winter some people come to resemble wombats.

Answer 5

Yikes...this is a weird as my neighbor who thought that chipmunks were baby squirrels.

Badgers and wombats are two totally unrelated species of animals.

Answer 6

Your friend is a jester and you should know the difference between a beaver and a badger. Why not goggle them?