The small kangaroo was an Eastern Hare-wallaby, a species that became extinct a few years after the arrival of the first European settlers.

The eastern hare-wallaby was a small macropod, slightly larger and more slender than its surviving relative the rufous hare-wallaby.

The eastern hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes leporides) once also known as the common hare wallaby, is an extinct species of wallaby that was native to southeastern Australia.

Eastern hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides (extinct)