Lagostrophus fasciatus

(Péron & Lesueur, 1807)

Banded Hare Wallaby

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Macropodidae
Subfamily : Lagostrophinae
Genus : Lagostrophus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

<i>In</i> Péron, Voy. Decouv. Terres. Austral., Atlas, vol. 1, pl. 27, p. 114

Original name as described

Kangurus fasciatus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-402

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"l'île Bernier [= Bernier Island]," Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Sthenurinae to Lagostrophinae based on the analyses of fossil morphological data

Taxonomy notes citation

Prideaux, G. J., & Warburton, N. M. (2010). An osteology-based appraisal of the phylogeny and evolution of kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodidae: Marsupialia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 159(4), 954-987.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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