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Rufous hare-wallaby

Index Rufous hare-wallaby

The rufous hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus), also known as the mala, is a small macropod found in Australia. [1]

22 relations: Anangu, Animal, Australia, Bernier Island, Chordate, Diprotodontia, Dorre Island, Dreamtime, John Gould, Lagorchestes, Macropodidae, Mammal, Marsupial, Nocturnality, Northern Territory, Rufous, Shark Bay, South West, Western Australia, Tanami Desert, The Mammals of Australia, Western Australia, York, Western Australia.

Anangu

Anangu is the name used by members of several central Australian Aboriginal groups, roughly approximate to the Western Desert cultural bloc, to describe themselves.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Bernier Island

Bernier Island is one of three islands that comprise the Bernier and Dorre Island Nature Reserve in the Shark Bay World Heritage area in Western Australia.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Diprotodontia

The Diprotodontia (διπρωτός diprotos, meaning "two front" and οδοντος odontos meaning "teeth") are an order of about 125 species of marsupial mammals including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, and many others.

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Dorre Island

Dorre Island is one of three islands that make up the Bernier and Dorre Island Nature Reserve in the Shark Bay World Heritage area in Western Australia.

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Dreamtime

Dreamtime (also dream time, dream-time) is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview attributed to Australian Aboriginal beliefs.

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John Gould

John Gould FRS (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist.

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Lagorchestes

Lagorchestes is a genus containing all but one of the species referred to as hare-wallabies.

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Macropodidae

Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, the kangaroo family, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several others.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Marsupial

Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Northern Territory

The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.

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Rufous

Rufous is a colour that may be described as reddish-brown or brownish-red, as of rust or oxidised iron.

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Shark Bay

Shark Bay is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

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South West, Western Australia

Names such as the South West or "South West corner", in Western Australian contexts, refer to a region that has been defined in several different ways.

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Tanami Desert

The Tanami Desert is a desert in northern Australia situated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

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The Mammals of Australia

The Mammals of Australia is a three-volume work written and published by John Gould between 1845–63.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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York, Western Australia

York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated on the Avon River, east of Perth, and is the seat of the Shire of York.

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Lagorchestes hirsutus, Lagorchestes hirsutus hirsutus, Mala people, Rufous Hare Wallaby, Rufous Hare-wallaby.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_hare-wallaby

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