Lagorchestes
[2] Temporal range: Recent
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Eastern hare-wallaby | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
Genus: |
Lagorchestes Gould, 1841 |
Type species | |
Macropus leporides
Gould, 1841
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Species | |
Lagorchestes is a genus of small, rabbit-like mammals commonly known as hare-wallabies. It includes four species native to Australia and New Guinea, two of which are extinct. Hare-wallabies belong to the macropod family ( Macropodidae) which includes kangaroos, wallabies, and other marsupials.
It has four species, two of which are extinct:
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Spectacled hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus | ||
Rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus |
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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† Lake Mackay hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus | ||
† Eastern hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides |
The oldest known fossil of Lagorchestes is an 11,000-year-old one of the extant spectacled hare-wallaby. [1]