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