Rufous Hare-Wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus) National Recovery
Plan Department of Environment and Conservation (WA), 2012 ISSN
0816 9713 - Rufous Hare-Wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus) National
Recovery Plan (PDF - 839 KB) | Rufous Hare-Wallaby (Lagorchestes
hirsutus) National Recovery Plan(Word - 822 KB) The rufous hare-
wallaby or mala was formerly distributed across Australia within
the spinifex deserts of the Northern Territory and north-west
South Australia and is now extinct in the wild on the mainland.
There is a single introduced population on Trimouille Island off
the Pilbara coast of Western Australia that has been self-
sustaining for over eight years. The remaining populations are
held in captivity in the Northern Territory (Watarrka National
Park, Alice Springs Desert Park, Uluru-Kata Tjunta National
Park), Western Australia (Peron Captive Breeding Facilities,
Lorna Glen), and New South Wales (Scotia Sanctuary). The Bernier
Island and Dorre Island rufous hare-wallaby subspecies (Shark
Bay islands subs