Chaeropus ecaudatus

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Southern Pig-footed Bandicoot

Museum specimen taken at Australia, VIC, Murray River
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Location:Australia, NSW, Sidney, Australian MuseumDate taken:UnknownDescription:Museum specimen taken at Australia, VIC, Murray River

Distribution :

Extinct. Originally Australia: SW New South Wales, NW Victoria, S South Australia, S Western Australia

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3225

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Superfamily: Perameloidea
Family: Chaeropodidae
Genus: Chaeropus

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ogilby, W. 1838-07. Mr. Ogilby exhibited a drawing, made by Major Mitchell, of a Marsupial animal found by that officer on the banks of the river Murray, during his late journey in the interior of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838:25-27.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571082

Original name as described

Perameles ecaudatus

Type material

AM PA.422 (= AM B.35)

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Murray River, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000221

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Perameles ecaudatus

W. Ogilby, 1838

Family

Chaeropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM PA.422 (= AM B.35)

Type kind

neotype

Original type locality

in the interior of New South Wales ... the Murray

Type locality

Australia: New South Wales.

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571082

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Chœropus ecaudatus:

G. R. Waterhouse, 1841

Family

Chaeropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064759

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Waterhouse (1841:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41191)
Lesson (1842:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Giebel (1855:723, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Chæropus castanotis

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Chaeropodidae

Root name

castanotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.2.1.33

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

It inhabits the scrub near the Murray river.

Type locality

Australia: South Australia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b016b1a4-109a-40b0-8384-365dade3547e

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312442

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1842:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20177)
Spencer (1896:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57973428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68745)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
Jackson & Groves (2015:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Chaeropus occidentalis

J. Gould, 1845

Family

Chaeropodidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1844.7.9.22

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Western Australia

Type locality

Australia: Western Australia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/77680322-4210-41da-aadd-8a19aa8ba164

Authority page

pl. I-6 unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49738072

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Tate (1948:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15898)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
Jackson & Groves (2015:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Chœropus castanotus:

Sturt, 1848

Family

Chaeropodidae

Root name

castanotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

6

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Sturt (1848:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68799)

Chœropus Castanotis:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Chaeropodidae

Root name

castanotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580360

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Ogilby (1892:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
Trouessart (1905:845, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Chaeropus ecaudatus:

Tate, 1948

Family

Chaeropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1948:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15898)
Corbet & Hill (1980:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Strahan (1983:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44587)
Corbet & Hill (1991:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69001)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
Jackson & Groves (2015:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Travouillon, Simões, Portela Miguez, Brace, Brewer, Stemmer, Price, Cramb & Louys (2019:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39629)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4322/21965168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chaeropus ecaudatus ecaudatus:

Travouillon, Simões, Portela Miguez, Brace, Brewer, Stemmer, G. J. Price, Cramb, & Louys, 2019

Family

Chaeropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

Travouillon, Simões, Portela Miguez, Brace, Brewer, Stemmer, Price, Cramb & Louys (2019:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39629)

Chaeropus ecaudatus occidentalis:

Travouillon, Simões, Portela Miguez, Brace, Brewer, Stemmer, G. J. Price, Cramb, & Louys, 2019

Family

Chaeropodidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

Travouillon, Simões, Portela Miguez, Brace, Brewer, Stemmer, Price, Cramb & Louys (2019:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39629)

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