Species Lagorchestes leporides (Gould, 1841) (extinct)

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External Links

• Macropus leporides Gould, J. 1841. On five new species of kangaroo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 92-94 [Apr. 1841; publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [93].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1841.1128 ♀ adult skin & skull, Interior of Australia (=NSW).
• Lagorchestes gymnotis Blyth, E. 1859. [Title unknown]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 27: 276 [276].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, unknown locality.

  Secondary source:

   Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888] [82]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lagorchestes leporides (Gould, 1841). —
  Gould, J. 1841. A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos. London : J. Gould Part 1. [Unnumbered plates 1-15 and accompanying text] [unnumbered plate [12] & accompanying text] (new combination)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct, last recorded about 1890.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Folivore, terrestrial.

 

General References

Strahan, R. 1995. Eastern Hare-wallaby Lagorchestes leporides. pp. 319-320 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Eastern Hare-wallaby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023	MACROPODIDAE	17-May-2023	MODIFIED
29-Nov-2016		05-Nov-2010	MOVED
29-Oct-2010		29-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)