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Banded hare-wallaby
Species of marsupial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The banded hare-wallaby, mernine, or munning (Lagostrophus fasciatus) is a marsupial currently found on the islands of Bernier and Dorre off western Australia. Reintroduced populations have recently been established on islands and fenced mainland sites, including Faure Island[4] and Wadderin Sanctuary near Narembeen in the central wheatbelt.[citation needed]
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Banded hare-wallaby | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Subfamily: | Lagostrophinae |
Genus: | Lagostrophus Thomas, 1887[3] |
Species: | L. fasciatus |
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Lagostrophus fasciatus | |
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Banded hare-wallaby range (red — native, pink — reintroduced) |
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