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.
| Lagorchestes | |
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| Eastern hare-wallaby | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
| Genus: | Lagorchestes Gould, 1841[1] |
| Type species | |
| Macropus leporides Gould, 1841
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| Species | |
Species
editIt has four species, two of which are extinct:
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Spectacled hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus | 
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Rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus | 
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Extinct
edit| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| †Lake Mackay hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus | 
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†Eastern hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides | 
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The oldest known fossil of Lagorchestes is an 11,000-year-old one of the extant spectacled hare-wallaby.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ The Paleobiology Database
External links
edit- "Lagorchestes Gould, 1841". Atlas of Living Australia.
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