Eastern Hare-wallaby

Taxobox
name = Eastern Hare-wallaby

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status = EX
status_system = iucn3.1
extinct = 1889
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Macropodidae
genus = "Lagorchestes"
species = "L. leporides"
binomial = "Lagorchestes leporides"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1841)The Eastern Hare-wallaby ("Lagorchestes leporides") is an extinct species of wallaby. It lived on inland plains of South-eastern Australia. It had hare-like habits. It sat still in a well-formed 'seat' by day, usually in the shelter of a tussock. If approached too closely, it would bound off at great speed. One wallaby was chased by dogs for 500 metres and suddenly doubled back and came back within 6 metres of John Gould and leapt over his head; it could jump 1.8 metres high.

It was a common species, but may have competed with cattle or sheep or was possibly adversely affected by changing burning patterns or the spread of cats. The last record was a female collected in August 1889.

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* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as extinct