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Macrotis lagotis (Greater Bilby)

Synonyms: Perameles lagotis

Wikipedia Abstract

The greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis), often referred to simply as the bilby since the lesser bilby (Macrotis leucura) became extinct in the 1950s, is an Australian species of nocturnal omnivorous animal in the order Peramelemorphia. Other vernacular names include dalgyte, pinkie, or rabbit-eared bandicoot. Greater bilbies live in arid areas of central Australia. Their range and population is in decline.
View Wikipedia Record: Macrotis lagotis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Macrotis lagotis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
19
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
66
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 37.37
EDGE Score: 5.03
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.866 lbs (1.30 kg)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  70 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Diet - Vertibrates [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  5 months
Gestation [1]  17 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [1]  10 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  18 inches (46 cm)
Weaning [1]  3 months 20 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park II 332429 Northern Territory, Australia

Prey / Diet

Cyperus bulbosus[4]
Wurmbea deserticola[4]

Predators

Echidnophaga myrmecobii (Red flea)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cryptosporidium muris[5]
Echidnophaga gallinacea (sticktight flea)[6]
Echidnophaga myrmecobii (Red flea)[6]
Echidnophaga perilis (Rabbit stickfast flea)[6]
Lagaropsylla mera[6]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4Species Profile and Threats Database, Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
♦ 5Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 6International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0