| Lagorchestes[1] Temporal range: Recent[2] |
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|---|---|
| Eastern Hare-wallaby | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Macropodiformes |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
| Genus: | Lagorchestes Gould, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Macropus leporides |
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| Species | |
Lagorchestes is a genus containing all but one of the species referred to as hare-wallabies. It has four species, two of which are extinct:
The oldest known fossil of Lagorchestes is an 11,000-year-old Spectacled Hare-Wallaby (still extant).[2]