The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Lagorchestes hirsutus ssp. hirsutus

 – Extinct

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: DIPROTODONTIA
Family: MACROPODIDAE
Scientific Name: Lagorchestes hirsutus ssp. hirsutus
Infra-specific Authority: Gould, 1844
Common Name/s:
EnglishRUFOUS HARE-WALLABY

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: EX    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group
History:
1965-"Status inadequately known-survey required or data sought" (Scott 1965)

Geographic Range

Countries: Regionally extinct:

Australia

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.


Citation: Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. Lagorchestes hirsutus ssp. hirsutus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 July 2008.
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