bilby

1. An Australian desert marsupial of the only extant species Macrotis lagotis with distinctive large ears and approximately the size of a rabbit.

   би́лбиbílbi, кро́личий бандику́тkróličij bandikút, уша́стый су́мчатый барсу́кušástyj súmčatyj barsúk

   бандикут кролячийbandykut kroljačyj

1. The bilby is a vulnerable marsupial with rabbit-like ears.

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2. The bilby is a nocturnal marsupial and digs complex burrows to provide shelter from high summer temperatures and protection from predators.

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3. Since European colonization, the bilby population has fallen by 80%.

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4. Experts have said cats have been a “major cause of decline” for many endangered marsupials, including the bilby, bandicoot, bettong and numbat.

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