Lagorchestes
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Lagorchestes is a genus containing all but one of the species referred to as hare-wallabies. It has four species, two of which are extinct:
- Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus (extinct)
- Spectacled Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus
- Rufous Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus
- Eastern Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides (extinct)
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 62-63. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.