Greater bilby

Its gestation period is 15.8 days, litters hold 1 to 2 young, and it has 4 litters per year. Checklists record it in Australia, and the IUCN Red List lists it as Vulnerable, a threatened category.

Weight

1.27 kg – 3 kgsrc for Weight

Length

85 cmsrc for Length

Lifespan

9.57 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

10 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

14 days – 15.8 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

5.38 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

4src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

The greater bilby is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

The greater bilby is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPeramelemorphia
5. familyThylacomyidae
6. genusMacrotis
7. SpeciesMacrotis lagotis (Reid, 1837)

Synonyms Perameles lagotis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

EX, Extinct

Lesser bilby

Macrotis leucura

Thylacomyidae

CompareGreater bilby vs Lesser bilby

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@misc{greater_bilby_2026,
  title = {Greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/greater-bilby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}