Chaeropus ecaudatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Perameloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Cladus: Notometatheria Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Cladus: Agreodontia Ordo: Peramelemorphia Superfamilia: Perameloidea

Chaeropus ecaudatus (Ogilby, 1838)

Holotype: AM PA422 (previously AM Bennett's Cat. 35), juvenile ♀, skull, collected by Sir Thomas Mitchell on 16 June 1836. [misindentification by Krefft (1864); lost fide Parnaby, Ingleby & Divljan (2017: 403)]
Neotype: AM PA422 (previously AM Bennett’s Cat. 35), juvenile ♂, skull and partial postcranial skeleton, collector and date of collection unknown. [designated by Travouillon, Parnaby & Ingleby (2020: 78)]
Type locality: “banks of the River Murray[, south of the junction with Murrumbridge River] … in the interior of New South Wales”, redesignated as “Murray River” by neotype designation.

Ogilby, W. 1838. On a new species of marsupial animal by Major Mitchell on the banks of the Murray River in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 6: 25–27. BHL
Travouillon, K.J., Parnaby, H. & Ingleby, S. 2020. Neotype designation for the Australian pig-footed bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus Ogilby, 1838. Records of the Australian Museum 72(3): 77–80. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1761 Reference page.

Travouillon, K.J., Simões, B.F., Miguez, R.P., Brace, S., Brewer, P., Stemmer, D., Price, G.J., Cramb, J. & Louys, J. 2019. Hidden in plain sight: reassessment of the pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus (Peramelemorphia, Chaeropodidae), with a description of a new species from central australia, and use of the fossil record to trace its past distribution. Zootaxa 4566(1): 1–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4566.1.1. Reference page.

Burbidge, A.A., Woinarski, J.C.Z. & Fisher, D. 2025. IUCN: Chaeropus ecaudatus (Extinct). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T217035752A217035836. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T217035752A217035836.en. Accessed on 08 May 2026.