A burrowing Australian bandicoot with long ears, long limbs, and a long furry tail.Also called bilby.
Family Thylacomyidae and genus Macrotis: two species, one of which is possibly extinct.
Animals that most people in the area had never seen-such as the squirrel-sized kangaroo known as a potoroo, the rabbit-eared bandicoot or bilby, and the platypus-were back and reproducing in the refuge.