Macrotis lagotis Reid 1836

Macrotis lagotis Reid 1836, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836: 129.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, Swan River.

Vernacular Names: Greater Bilby.

Synonyms: Macrotis cambrica Troughton 1932; Macrotis grandis Troughton 1932; Macrotis interjecta Troughton 1932; Macrotis nigripes (Wood Jones 1923); Macrotis sagitta (Thomas 1905) .

Distribution: Formerly in Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, W New South Wales, SW Queensland. Survives only in SW Queensland, Northern Territory / Western Australia border region and Kimberleys.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.