Macrotis lagotis Reid 1836

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Peramelemorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 38-42 : 38

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.