Chaeropus ecaudatus Ogilby 1838

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Peramelemorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 38-42 : 39

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Chaeropus ecaudatus Ogilby 1838 View in CoL

Chaeropus ecaudatus Ogilby 1838 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838: 25.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, banks of Murray River, south of the junction with Murrumbridge River.

Vernacular Names: Pig-footed Bandicoot.

Synonyms: Chaeropus castanotis Gray 1842 ; Chaeropus occidentalis Gould 1845 .

Distribution: Australia: SW New South Wales, Victoria, S Northern Territory, N South Australia, Western Australia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I [Possibly Extinct]; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: Probably extinct, last taken in 1907; see Ride (1970:200).

Gray, J. E. 1842. Description of two new species of Mammalia discovered in Australia by Captain George Gray (Tarsipes Spenserae and Chaeropus castanotis). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [ser. 1], 9: 39 - 42.

Ride, W. D. L. 1970. A guide to the native mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 249 pp.