Macrotis is a genus of desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores known as bilbies or rabbit-bandicoots; they are members of the order Peramelemorphia. At the time of European colonisation of Australia, there were two species. The lesser bilby became extinct in the 1950s; the greater bilby survives but remains endangered. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Macrotis
Higher classification: Thylacomyidae
Rank: Genus
Family: Thylacomyidae; Bensley, 1903
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Peramelemorphia