Genus Chaeropus Ogilby, 1838 (extinct)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chaeropus Ogilby, W. 1838. On a new species of marsupial animal found by Major Mitchell on the banks of the River Murray in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838(6): 25-27 [26].

  Type species:

   Perameles ecaudatus Ogilby, 1838 by monotypy.
• Choeropus Waterhouse, G.R. 1841. The Naturalist's Library. Conducted by Sir William Jardine, Bart. F.R.S.E., F.L.S., &c. &c. Mammalia. Marsupialia or pouched animals. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars Vol. XI xvi 323 pp. 37 pls. [163] [unjustified emendation of Chaeropus Ogilby, 1838].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Palmer, T.S. 1904. A list of the genera and families of mammals. [Index genera mammalium]. North American Fauna No. 23. Washington D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture 984 pp. [177]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; SA, Vic: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Hampton (HAM), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	Chaeropus Ogilby, 1838 (extinct)	17-May-2023	MODIFIED
04-Jul-2016		29-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)