The name bilby actually comes from the Yuwaalaraay people of northern New South Wales. Ther aboriginal names for the bilby are Ninu, from the Pitjantjatjara people; Walparjirri, from the Warlpiri; Ahert from the Arrernte people; Mankarr, from the Manjilyjarra people; and Dal-goitch or Dal-gyte, which was a widespread term.
The bilby is critically endangered.
The Lesser bilby is already extinct. The Greater bilby is also critically endangered.
Richard Bilby died in 1998.
Richard Bilby was born in 1931.
Bilby's Doll was created in 1976.
A baby bilby is called a joey. The bilby is a marsupial, and all marsupial young are known as joeys.
The Greater bilby, with the scientific name of Macrotis lagotis, is a small marsupial of Australia. It is a member of the bandicoot family, and a nocturnal omnivore which is found in arid and remote areas of the continent. The Greater bilby is the only surviving bilby: its cousin, the Lesser bilby, has not been sighted since 1931.
There is only one species of bilby remaining. It is the Greater bilby ((Macrotis lagotis). There was one other species of bilby, now extinct, and that was the Lesser bilby (Macrotis leucura).
The two known bilbies are the Greater Bilby and the Lesser Bilby. The Lesser Bilby is believed to be extinct.
Yes, people do bite.
Like many mammals, the bilby is covered with fur.