THERE is limited information on the activity of the
southern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons,
due predominantly to the cryptic nature of this
species and its burrowing lifestyle. As part of a recent
field study of L. latifrons, temperature data loggers
were employed to determine the usefulness of this
equipment for studying activity patterns in this
species including; emergence times, total length of
bouts of activity, patterns and variation in activity
throughout the year. Data from this pilot study
suggest that temperature dataloggers provide an
extremely useful and relatively non-invasive means
of determining activity patterns in a semi-fossorial
mammal.