WOMBAT - OT

[blue dragon]

No: HPFGUIDX 159725

justcarol67 said:
> Wombats, OTOH, are just large rodents that resemble large
> hamsters or small capybaras. I think that JKR chose a
> thoroughly unmagical animal that started with "W" (so that
> "Wizard" could fit into the acronym) and made up the rest
> of the name to fit the letters in the word (as she must
> also have done with NEWT and OWL, both of which also
> contain a W).


Blue Dragon says:

Can I say, as an Australian, that a wombat is NOT a rodent? :)

The wombat is a burrowing marsupial, (a mammal that raises its young
in a pouch).  The better-known marsupials are kangaroos.

Now how can I bring this on topic?  Ah - perhaps there are wombats
living at The Burrow? :)