Lagorchestes hirsutus Gould, 1844 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844:32.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, York district .

DISTRIBUTION: C Western Australia, C Australia, Dorre Isl and Bernier Isl (Western Australia). Survives only on Bernier and Dorre Isis, and a tiny area NW of Alice Springs (Northern Territory, Australia).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Rare.

SYNONYMS: bernieri, dorreae.