Lagorchestes hirsutus Gould 1844 Lagorchestes hirsutus Gould 1844, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844: 32. Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, York district. Vernacular Names: Rufous Hare-wallaby. Synonyms: Lagorchestes bernieri Thomas 1907; Lagorchestes dorreae Thomas 1907. Distribution: C Western Australia, C Australia, Dorre Isl and Bernier Isl (Western Australia). Survives only on Bernier and Dorre Isls, and a tiny area NW of Alice Springs (Northern Territory, Australia). Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as L. h. hirsutus, otherwise Vulnerable. Rare.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, pp. 43-70 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519