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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. The
by State and Federal governments in Australia, mainly because of a reported reduction in range over the past
century, particularly in the southern half of the continent (e.g. Southgate, 1990, 1994). The species is
widely, if patchily, distributed in northern inland Australia, including Queensland, and can be locally common (Gordon et al., 1990). The greater bilby 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 the reference of its nickname to [[Rabbit|rabbits]].
[[Image:(1)Bilby-5.jpg|Bilby at [[Featherdale Wildlife Park]]|thumb]]
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