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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.

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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.

Vinony links it to 31 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderDiprotodontia
  5. FamilyMacropodidae
Observations recorded4,236

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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  • Extinct
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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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