The most notable feature of the bilby is its almost hairless ears. Hearing and smell are the bilby’s primariy senses due to being nocturnal thus having poor eyesight. The bilby, like other mammals in the bandicoot marsupial family, has a pouch. The bilby however, has a rear facing pouch so it does not fill up with dirt whilst digging. The bilby has 48 teeth similar to our own, with incisors, canine, premolars, and molars.
The bilby is predominately blue-grey in colour with the most notable colour changes on their ears, nose and feet which are pinkish white and tail which is semi coloured blue grey, half of the tail is black and, the remaining white. The Bilby’s front legs are shorter than its back legs. The font legs are used independently like those of a dog or cat. The Bilby uses its front legs to dig its borrow and forrage for food. The bilby's rear legs are like a kangaroos and hop. Giving them a lolloping gait, making many question weather the animal has hurt one of it's rear legs. Like the kangaroo, bilby’s use their trail for stability, directional change, and to stand on their rear legs.
