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Macrotis
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Macrotis is a genus of desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores known as bilbies or rabbit-bandicoots; they are members of the order Peramelemorphia.
Species
模式種 兔耳袋狸Reid, 1837 种 兔耳袋狸M. lagotis † 小兔耳袋狸M. leucura † Ischnodon australis † Liyamayi dayi 兔耳袋狸屬（Macrotis, 兔耳袋狸），哺乳綱的一屬，而與兔耳袋狸屬（兔耳袋狸）同科的動物尚有袋狸屬（帶袋狸）、短鼻袋狸屬（短鼻袋狸）、豚足袋狸屬（豚足袋狸）等之數種哺乳動物。 參考資料 世界动物名称数据库 ^ Wilson & Reeder. Genus Macrotis. Mammal Species of the World. 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=兔耳袋狸属&oldid=45542825” 分类： 袋狸目 兔耳袋狸屬 隐藏分类： 本地相关图片与维基数据相同 含有英語的條目
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- Family
- Thylacomyidae
- Collections
- UCONN, NHMUK, UCMP, FMNH, AMNH
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thylacomyidae
- Image
- Easter Bilby.jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Macrotis
- Commons category
- Macrotis
- topic's main category
- Category:Macrotis
- Commons gallery
- Macrotis
- endemic to
- Australia
- taxon author citation
- Reid, 1837
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Classification
- Description
- Conservation
- Evolution
- See also
- References
- External links
Macrotis is a genus of desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores known as bilbies or rabbit-bandicoots; they are members of the order Peramelemorphia.
At the time of European colonisation of Australia, there were two species. The lesser bilby became extinct in the 1950s; the greater bilby survives but remains endangered. It is currently listed as a vulnerable species. The greater bilby is on average long, excluding the tail, which is usually around long. Its fur is usually grey or white; it has a long, pointy nose and very long ears, hence the reference of its nickname to rabbits.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macrotis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.