Apr 3, 2021 The Easter Bilby looks like a rabbit crossbred with a rat so I went ahead and coined the name the Rat-bit. I was reading in the 4/1 International Business Times that usually, all over the world it is the Easter Bunny that brings the chocolates and hides the eggs, but in Australia it is an Easter Bilby that brings the eggs. endangered species in Australia (only about 700 left in the world) and it's earlier ancestor is the Lesser Bilby is already extinct. Another reason Australians celebrate Easter with a bilby rather than a rabbit: They hate bunnies because they destroy crops. And yes they have chocolate