Lagorchestes

<i>Lagorchestes</i>

Lagorchestes

Genus of marsupials

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.

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Species

It has four species, two of which are extinct:

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Extinct

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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

  1. [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.
  2. [2]
    The Paleobiology Database


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