Lesser bilby

This article is about the extinct species. For the extant species, see Greater bilby.

Lesser bilby
A stuffed lesser bilby specimen at Tring Museum

Extinct (1950s)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Thylacomyidae
Genus: Macrotis
Species:
†M. leucura
Binomial name
†Macrotis leucura
Thomas, 1887[2]
      historic range

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.[3] 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.

  1. ^ Burbidge, A.A.; Woinarski, J. (2016). "Macrotis leucura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12651A21967376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12651A21967376.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Thomas, O. (1887). "Description of a second species of rabbit-bandicoot (Peragale)". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 19 (114): 397–399. doi:10.1080/00222938709460272.
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