Chaeropus ecaudatus ecaudatus
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| Taxonavigation: Peramelemorphia |
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Clade: Marsupialiformes |
Familia: †Chaeropodidae
Genus: †Chaeropus
Species: †Chaeropus ecaudatus
Subspecies: †Chaeropus ecaudatus ecaudatus
Name[edit]
- †Chaeropus ecaudatus ecaudatus (Ogilby, 1838)
Holotype: AM PA422 (previously AM Bennett’s Cat. 35), juvenile ♀ skull, collected by Sir Thomas Mitchell.
Type locality: “banks of the River Murray[, south of the junction with Murrumbridge River] … in the interior of New South Wales”, Australia.
Combinations[edit]
- Perameles ecaudatus Ogilby, 1838: 25 [original combination, as species]
- Chaeropus ecaudatus ecaudatus — Iredale & Troughton, 1934: 21 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]
Synonyms[edit]
- †Chaeropus castanotis Gray, 1842: 42 [synonimized by Iredale & Troughton (1934: 21)]
Holotype: BMNH 1842.2.1.33, skin with associated partial skull and dentaries.
Type locality: “Murray River”.
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- 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
Additional references[edit]
- 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.