Population viability analysis of the Greater Bilby, lagotis macrotis.

Unlike its living relative the greater bilby, the lesser bilby was described as aggressive and tenacious.

A scientific description of the greater bilby was first published in 1837 by a Mr J. Reid.

The lesser bilby became extinct in the 1950s; the greater bilby survives but remains endangered.

ARKive - images and movies of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)

Some animals are casually named — tsessebe, greater bilby, boodie, tuatara, woylie — as if every reader knows what they look like.

"We know what needs to be done to save species like the numbat, greater bilby and Gouldian finch - feral animal control and better fire management," he says.

He said 200 threatened animals - including the greater bilby and northern quoll - and plants lost 211,820 hectares of habitat following the reduction in tree-clearing controls.

The mulga habitat is a refuge for the critical weight range mammals such as Macrotis lagotis (greater bilby), Dasycercus cristicauda (mulgara) and dasyurids.

In a unique example of co-operation between the commercial sector and the conservation movement, kangaroo meat will be used to help re-establish the endangered greater bilby in its natural environment.

Modelling the reintroduction of the greater bilby Macrotus lagotis using the metapopulation model analysis of the likelihood of extinction (ALEX).

Species reintroduced so far include: numbat, greater bilby, burrowing bettong, brush-tailed bettong, bridled nailtail wallaby and greater stick-nest rat.

Threatened fauna species include malleefowl, emu, southern hairy-nosed wombat, western grey kangaroo, red kangaroo, numbat, greater bilby, boodie, woylie and short-beaked echidna.

These include the grey falcon, night parrot, princess parrot, striated grasswren, grey honeyeater, mulgara, black-flanked rock-wallaby, greater bilby, marsupial mole and great desert skink.

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.

Thus the currently accepted scientific name for the species is Macrotis lagotis.

ARKive - images and movies of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)

Bilby (Macrotis lagotis)

Indeed, it is one of only two extant bandicoot species that are especially suited for arid environments, the other one being the bilby (Macrotis lagotis).

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.