If the habitat of a species changes too much, the species may struggle to survive as food and water resources may become inaccessible. The Wombat occurs in a variety of temperate environments around eastern Australia, meaning it is reasonably flexible with where it can happily live (Rogers et al. 2007). The wombat generally consumes plants with a low nutrient content (mainly grass) on a seasonal basis that are eaten in quantities relative to their abundance in the area (Evans et al. 2006). Wombats have adapted functions that allow them to go for extended periods without access to free water (Evans 2008). Habitats the wombat inhabits extends a wide range of environments, including: pasture, eucalyptus woodland, eucalyptus forest, and subalpine areas (Evans et al. 2006; Matthews 2010). Examples of these environments are displayed visually below:
Particularly in snowy subalpine environments, wombats may have some difficulty foraging for food. The deeper the snow cover, the more a wombat moves away from their usually direct path between burrows to find suitable places to feed. This shows that change in snow cover will alter the feeding pattern of the Wombat, sending the species to unnaturally high altitudes which may negatively impact those environments. (Matthews 2010)