Lagorchestes


Lagorchestes is a genus of small, rabbit-like mammals commonly known as hare-wallabies. It includes four species native to Australia and New Guinea, two of which are extinct. Hare-wallabies belong to the macropod family which includes kangaroos, wallabies, and other marsupials.

Species

It has four species, two of which are extinct:
ImageScientific nameDistribution
Spectacled hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus
Rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus

Extinct

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