Order Peramelemorphia Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 38 42 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Macrotis lagotis Reid 1836 Macrotis lagotis Reid 1836 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836: 129 . Type Locality: Australia , Western Australia , Swan River. Vernacular Names: Greater Bilby . Synonyms: Macrotis cambrica Troughton 1932 ; Macrotis grandis Troughton 1932 ; Macrotis interjecta Troughton 1932 ; Macrotis nigripes (Wood Jones 1923) ; Macrotis sagitta (Thomas 1905) . Distribution: Formerly in Western Australia , South Australia , Northern Territory , W New South Wales , SW Queensland . Survives only in SW Queensland , Northern Territory / Western Australia border region and Kimberleys. Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.