Lagorchestes

Lagorchestes
	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
Species
	†L. asomatus; L. conspicillatus; L. hirsutus; †L. leporides;

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.^[2]

References

^ 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

"Lagorchestes Gould, 1841". Atlas of Living Australia.

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[MSW3-1] 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.

[paleo-2] The Paleobiology Database

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