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.

Species

It has four species, two of which are extinct:

Image Scientific name Distribution
Spectacled hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus
Rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus

Extinct

Image Scientific name Distribution
†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]

References

  1. ^ a b The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

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