What is Rufous hare-wallaby?
{{Speciesbox | name = Rufous hare-wallaby<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=63}}</ref> | image = Rufous hare wallaby.jpg | image_caption = ''Mammals of Australia'', Vol. II Plate 57 | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Richards, J.|author2=Morris, K.|author3=Friend, T.|author4=Burbidge, A.|name-list-style=amp|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11162/0|title=''Lagorchestes hirsutus''|accessdate=28 December 2008}}</ref> | genus = Lagorchestes | species = hirsutus | authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1844 | range_map = Rufous Hare Wallaby area.png | range_map_caption = Rufous hare-wallaby range<br/>(blue — native, red — introduced) }} The '''rufous hare-wallaby''' (''Lagorchestes hirsutus'') is a small [[wallaby]] found in [[Australia]]. It is also known by its [[Western Desert language|Western Desert]] name '''mala'''. It used to be found widely across the western half of Australia, but is now only found in [[Bernier Island|Bernier]] and [[Dorre Island|Dorre]] Islands in [[Shark Bay]].<ref name=Menkhorst>{{cite book|last=Menkhorst|first=Peter|year=2001|title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia|url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetomamm0000menk|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetomamm0000menk/page/108 108]|isbn=978-0-19-550870-3 }}</ref> It is currently classified as a [[vulnerable species]].<ref name=iucn/> The rufous hare-wallaby is a [[nocturnal]] [[herbivore]] that eats herbs, leaves and seeds. It is usually solitary, meaning that it lives alone. The species was first described by [[John Gould]] in ''[[The Mammals of Australia]]'' (1844). It is currently being [[Reintroduction|reintroduced]] to mainland Australia, to the [[Tanami Desert]] in the [[Northern Territory]].<ref name=Menkhorst/> Four distinct groups of this species have been described as [[subspecies]]:<ref name=iucn/> *''Lagorchestes hirsutus hirsutus'', now [[extinct]] *''Lagorchestes hirsutus bernieri'', only found on Bernier I