Chaeropus Ogilby 1838

Chaeropus Ogilby 1838, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838: 26.

Type Species: Perameles ecaudatus Ogilby 1838

Synonyms: Choeropus Waterhouse 1841 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Chaeropus ecaudatus Ogilby 1838

Discussion: Molecular data indicate that Chaeropus is the sister group to all other bandicoots (Westerman et al., 1999, 2001).