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--> FAMILY Macropodidae
--> SUBFAMILY Macropodinae
--> GENUS Lagorchestes
SPECIES Lagorchestes hirsutus
Author: | Gould, 1844. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844: 32. | Common Name: | Rufous Hare-wallaby | Type Locality: | Australia, Western Australia, York district. | Distribution: | C Western Australia, C Australia, Dorre Isl and Bernier Isl (Western Australia). Survives only on Bernier and Dorre Isls, and a tiny area NW of Alice Springs (Northern Territory, Australia). | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as L. h. hirsutus, otherwise Vulnerable. Rare. | |
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
bernieri Thomas, 1907 dorreae Thomas, 1907
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