Macrotis leucura (Thomas, 1887) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 19:397.

TYPE LOCALITY: Undesignated; as the specimen was sent by the South Australian Museum's taxidermist to London, Thomas (1887a) thought it might have originated near Adelaide or in the northern part of South Australia, whence others in the same collection had come .

DISTRIBUTION: C Australia.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Extinct.

SYNONYMS: minor, miselius.

COMMENTS: Possibly extinct; see Ride (1970:200).