Suborder Macropodiformes Scientific name Lagorchestes Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Higher classification Macropods | |
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Lower classifications Rufous hare‑wallaby, Spectacled hare‑wallaby, Eastern hare‑wallaby, Lake Mackay hare‑wallaby | ||
Rufous hare wallaby lagorchestes hirsutus
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 one of the extant spectacled hare-wallaby.
References
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