Lagorchestes
Sign in to saveLagorchestes 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 (Macropodidae) which includes kangaroos, wallabies, and other marsupials.
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Vinony's link graph records 221 inbound references to Lagorchestes, and connects out to Animalia, mammal and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under Macropods, Marsupial genera and Marsupials of Australia.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDiprotodontia
- FamilyMacropodidae
兔袋鼠是袋鼠科下兔䶈屬（或兔袋鼠屬）的動物。屬下共有四種兔袋鼠，其中兩種已經滅絕： 小兔袋鼠（L. asomatus）：已滅絕。 眼鏡兔袋鼠（L. conspicillatus） 蓬毛兔袋鼠（L. hirsutus） 東部小袋鼠（L. leporides）：已滅絕。 最古老的兔袋鼠化石是屬於11000年前的眼鏡兔袋鼠。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 65
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Macropodidae
- Collections
- UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Macropodinae
- Image
- Eastern Hare-wallaby Pengo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lagorchestes
- taxon name
- Lagorchestes
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Lagorchestes
- endemic to
- Australia
- taxon author citation
- Gould, 1841
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- Extinct
- References
- External links
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 (Macropodidae) which includes kangaroos, wallabies, and other marsupials.
==Species== It has four species, two of which are extinct: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !!Distribution |- |120px || Spectacled hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus||120px |- |120px || Rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus||120px |- |}
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