Lagorchestes hirsutus Gould 1844

Lagorchestes hirsutus Gould 1844, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844: 32.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, York district.

Vernacular Names: Rufous Hare-wallaby.

Synonyms: Lagorchestes bernieri Thomas 1907; Lagorchestes dorreae Thomas 1907 .

Distribution: C Western Australia, C Australia, Dorre Isl and Bernier Isl (Western Australia). Survives only on Bernier and Dorre Isls, and a tiny area NW of Alice Springs (Northern Territory, Australia).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as L. h. hirsutus, otherwise Vulnerable. Rare.