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:
The oldest known fossil
of Lagorchestes is an 11,000-year-old Spectacled Hare-Wallaby (still extant).
- †Lake Mackay Hare-wallabyLake Mackay Hare-wallabyThe Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby , also known as the Central Hare-wallaby or Kuluwarri, is an extinct species of macropod formerly found in central Australia. Very little is known about it....
, Lagorchestes asomatus (extinct) - Spectacled Hare-wallabySpectacled Hare-wallabyThe Spectacled Hare-wallaby is a species of macropod found in Australia and New Guinea. In Australia, a small sub-population is found on Barrow Island, while the mainland type is widespread, though in decline, across northern regions of the country.-Description:A species of Lagorchestes,...
, Lagorchestes conspicillatus - Rufous Hare-wallabyRufous Hare-wallabyThe rufous hare-wallaby , also known as the Mala, is a small macropod found in Australia. It was formerly widely distributed across the western half of the continent but is now confined to Bernier Island and Dorre Island Islands off Western Australia...
, Lagorchestes hirsutus - †Eastern Hare-wallabyEastern Hare-wallabyThe Eastern Hare-wallaby , once also known as the Common Hare Wallaby, is an extinct species of wallaby that was native to southwestern Australia. It was first described by John Gould in 1841.-Description:...
, Lagorchestes leporides (extinct)
The oldest known fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
of Lagorchestes is an 11,000-year-old Spectacled Hare-Wallaby (still extant).