The greater bilby, also sometimes known as the rabbit-eared bandicoot, is endangered due to loss of habitat and competition with other species. Its biggest competition for food has come from the introduced rabbit. Rabbits also burrow where the bandicoots burrow, but their burrows tend to cause the collapse of the bilbies' burrows, resulting in the bilbies being trapped, and suffocating.
The introduction of foxes and cats to Australia also had an impact on the decline of the bilby population, as they successfully hunt bilbies.
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