What is "greater bilby"

n. An endangered and the only known extant species of bilby, a rabbit-sized marsupial, ''Macrotis lagotis'', endemic to arid regions of central Australia but previously more widespread.

The greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis), often referred to simply as the bilby since the lesser bilby (Macrotis leucura) became extinct in the 1950s, is an Australian species of nocturnal omnivorous animal in the order Peramelemorphia. Other vernacular names include dalgyte, pinkie, or rabbit-eared bandicoot. Greater bilbies live in arid areas of central Australia. Their range and population is in decline.