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Lagorchestes

Lagorchestes \Lagorchestes\ prop. n. A mammal genus comprising the hare wallabies.

Syn: genus Lagorchestes.

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Lagorchestes

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:

  • † Lake Mackay hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus (extinct)
  • Spectacled hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus
  • Rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus
  • † Eastern hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides (extinct)

The oldest known fossil of Lagorchestes is an 11,000-year-old one of the extant spectacled hare-wallaby.