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Lesser bilby

Order : Peramelemorphia
Family : Peramelidae
Species : Macrotis leucura

 

The Lesser bilby, lesser rabbit-eared bandicoot, white-tailed rabbit-eared bandicoot, yallara is listed as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the lesser bilby

Bilby Greater Bilby - Macrotis lagotis Status: Greater Bilby is vulnerable, the Lesser Bilby is probably extinct The bilby is one of Australia’s most beautiful and

The Lesser Bilby is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species]

The Lesser Bilby is now considered to be extinct, the last reported siting being back in 1931.

The Lesser bilby is shaped like a rabbit.

But I digress … It’s probably just as well it died out, because Lesser Bilby is actually among the kinder of its common names — try “Lesser Rabbit-eared Bandicoot”. (Full text)

Status: Greater Bilby is vulnerable, the Lesser Bilby is probably extinct. (Full text)

Now the Lesser Bilby is extinct so only the Greater Bilby remains. (Full text)

1. Macrotis, genus Macrotis -- (a genus of Peramelidae)
Macrotis
genus Macrotis
(Source WordNet)