Spectacled hare-wallaby

Spectacled hare-wallaby[1]
Plate 58 of Mammals of Australia Vol. II
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Lagorchestes
Species:
L. conspicillatus
Binomial name
Lagorchestes conspicillatus
Gould, 1842
Subspecies
  • Lagorchestes conspicillatus conspicillatus
  • Lagorchestes conspicillatus leichardti
Spectacled hare-wallaby range

The spectacled hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes conspicillatus) is a species of macropod found in Australia and New Guinea. In Australia, a small sub-population is found on Barrow Island, while the mainland type is widespread, though in decline, across northern regions of the country.[2]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Winter, J.; Woinarski, J.; Burbidge, A. (2016). "Lagorchestes conspicillatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T11161A21954319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11161A21954319.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.