bilby

• Once common throughout most of Australia, the bilby has now almost disappeared, due in no small part to invasive species like cats and foxes, which kill and dine on the tiny, defenseless marsupials. —  Scientific American
• Then there are European rabbits, which compete with the bilby for food and habitat - another reason why the Easter Bunny isn't as popular in Australia anymore. —  Scientific American
• Rabbits also threaten some of our native burrowing animals, such as the bilby and the burrowing bettong, by moving into their existing burrows and competing for food.
• It's the bilby, which is an endangered marsupial that lives in the desert. —  BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content
• The "Easter Bilby" movement Down Under is an effort by conservationists to draw attention away from rabbits -- considered pests -- and shed light on the endangered, and arguably cuter, bilby.

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