Lagorchestes leporides (Gould, 1841) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840:93 [1841].

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, interior New South Wales .

DISTRIBUTION: Formerly W New South Wales, E South Australia, NW Victoria.

STATUS: IUCN - Extinct.

COMMENTS: Almost certainly extinct; not recorded for more than a century (Kirsch and Calaby, 1977:22).