greater bilby

greater bilby
An endangered and the only known extant species of bilby, Macrotis lagotis, endemic to arid regions of central Australia but previously more widespread.

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  • Lesser Bilby — Taxobox | name = Lesser Bilby status = EX extinct = 1950s status system = IUCN2.3 image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Peramelemorphia familia = Thylacomyidae genus = Macrotis species = M. leucura binomial …   Wikipedia

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  • Threatened fauna of Australia — are those species and subspecies of birds, fish, frogs, insects, mammals, molluscs, crustaceans and reptiles to be found in Australia that are in danger of becoming extinct. This list is the list proclaimed under the Australian federal… …   Wikipedia

  • Macrotis lagotis — Großer Kaninchennasenbeutler Großer Kaninchennasenbeutler (Macrotis lagotis), Zeichnung von John Gould Systematik Unterklasse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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