Lagorchestes is a genus of small, rabbit-like mammals commonly known as hare-wallabies. It includes four species native to Australia and New Guinea, two of which are extinct. Hare-wallabies belong to the macropod family (Macropodidae) which includes kangaroos, wallabies, and other marsupials.
It has four species, two of which are extinct:
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†Lake Mackay hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus | ||
†Eastern hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides | ||
The oldest known fossil of Lagorchestes is an 11,000-year-old one of the extant spectacled hare-wallaby.