Macrotis: Difference between revisions

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| parent_authority = [[Benjamin Arthur Bensley|Bensley]], 1903

| taxon = Macrotis

''Thylacomys'' {{small|Blyth, 1840}}<ref>{{cite web|author1=Wilson & Reeder|title=Genus ''Macrotis''|url=http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=10900003|website=Mammal Species of the World|access-date=14 August 2014|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827044835/http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=10900003|url-status=live}}</ref>

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'''''Macrotis''''' is a genus of desert-dwelling [[marsupial]] omnivores known as '''bilbies''' or '''rabbit-bandicoots''';<ref name=MW>{{MerriamWebsterDictionary|Thylacomys}} Unabridged {{paywall}}</ref> they are members of the order [[Peramelemorphia]]. At the time of [[History of Australia|European colonisation]] of Australia, there were two species. The [[lesser bilby]] became extinct in the 1950s; the [[greater bilby]] survives but remains endangered. It is currently listed as a vulnerable species. It is on average {{convert|55|cm|abbr=on}} long, excluding the tail, which is usually around {{convert|29|cm|abbr=on}} long. Its fur is usually grey or white, it has a long pointy nose and very long ears, hence earning its nick-name, the '''rabbit-eared bandicoot'''.

 

[[Image:(1)Bilby-5.jpg|Bilby at [[Featherdale Wildlife Park]]|thumb]]