Southern pig-footed bandicoot

The southern pig-footed bandicoot (Chaeropus ecaudatus) was a small species of herbivorous marsupial in the genus Chaeropus, the pig-footed bandicoots.

Southern pig-footed bandicoot

Extinct (1950s)  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Chaeropodidae
Genus: Chaeropus
Species:
C. ecaudatus
Binomial name
Chaeropus ecaudatus
(Ogilby, 1838)
Subspecies
  • C. ecaudatus ecaudatus Ogilby, 1838
  • C. ecaudatus occidentalis Gould, 1845
Synonyms
  • Chaeropus occidentalis Gould, 1845
  • Chaeropus castanotis Gray, 1842
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