Banded hare-wallaby

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 and Wadderin Sanctuary near Narembeen in the central wheatbelt.

Banded hare-wallaby
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: Lagostrophinae
Genus: Lagostrophus
Thomas, 1887
Species:
L. fasciatus
Binomial name
Lagostrophus fasciatus
(Péron & Lesueur, 1807)
Subspecies
Banded hare-wallaby range
(red — native, pink — reintroduced)
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