lesser bilby
Sign in to saveAlso known as Macrotis leucura, yallara, lesser rabbit-eared bandicoot
species of extinct mammal
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- Macrotis leucura
- taxon common name
- mali bilbi
- taxon name
- Macrotis leucura
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- Macrotis leucura
- extinction date
- 1960-00-00
- taxon author citation
- (Thomas, 1887)
- short name
- M. leucura
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The lesser bilby (Macrotis leucura), also known as the yallara, the lesser rabbit-eared bandicoot or the white-tailed rabbit-eared bandicoot, is an extinct rabbit-like marsupial. The species was first described by Oldfield Thomas as Peregale leucura in 1887 from a single specimen from a collection of mammals of the British Museum. Reaching the size of a young rabbit, this species lived in the deserts of Central Australia. Since the 1950s–1960s, it has been believed to be extinct.
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Hedley Herbert Finlayson
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Cat
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Animalia
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Formicidae
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mammal
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desert
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Chordata
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Adelaide
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Red Fox
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South Australia
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rabbit
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Northern Territory
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termite
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marsupial
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Extinct animals of AustraliaExtinct mammals of AustraliaExtinct mammals of South AustraliaExtinct marsupialsIUCN Red List extinct speciesMammal extinctions since 1500Mammals described in 1887Mammals of the Northern TerritoryMarsupials of AustraliaPeramelemorphsSpecies made extinct by human activitiesSpecies that are or were threatened by invasive speciesTaxa named by Oldfield Thomas