You couldn't make up a cartoon character more adorable than this.

I WANT ONE

I wonder how much it weighs. It looks like it might be a little difficult to pick up and put in a lap. But yes, cutest ever.

You can 'adopt' them. I've been part of the Brookfield Zoo's Share the Care program for Wilbur the wombat for the past many years. :)

They're also spreading back out: the Toronto Zoo just got a couple. You can also see them at the Memphis Zoo, San Diego Zoo, and the Albuquerque BioPark.

We used to have wombats at the Woodland Park Zoo. :'(

That's not a tail; it's a boy wombat.

I couldn't stop imagining a contented portly man being treated the same way in the lap of a giant...

Overgrown rat.