Species Chaeropus ecaudatus Ogilby, 1838 (extinct)
Pig-footed Bandicoot
- Chaeropus ecaudatus 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 data:
Neotype AM PA422 juv. male skull (Thought to be the holotype and treated as such by Travouillon et al. (2019). No other locality information present on neotype.), Murray River.Subsequent designation references:
Travouillon, K.J., Parnaby, H. & Ingleby, S. 2020. Neotype Designation for the Australian Pig-footed Bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus Ogilby, 1838. Records of the Australian Museum 72(3): 77-80.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Considered to be extinct.
IBRA
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), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert sand dunes, fossorial, hummock grassland, terrestrial, tussock grassland.
Extra Ecological Information
Probably herbivorous and insectivorous, plains, preferring open woodland with shrubs and grasses, excavates shallow nesting holes, possibly extinct.
General References
Aitken, P. 1979. The status of endangered Australian wombats, bandicoots and the marsupial mole. pp. 61-65 in Tyler, M.J. (ed.). The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife. Adelaide : Royal Zoological Society of South Australia.
Burbidge, A.A., Johnson, K.A., Fuller, P.J. & Southgate, R. 1988. Aboriginal knowledge of the mammals of the central deserts of Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 9-39
Dixon, J.M. 1988. Notes on the diet of three mammals presumed to be extinct: the pig footed bandicoot, the lesser bilby and the desert rat kangaroo. Victorian Naturalist 105: 208-211
Fisher, C.T. 1988. An unpublished drawing of the pig-footed bandicoot by John Gould and H.C. Richter with comments on museum specimens. The Australian Zoologist 24: 205-209
Johnson, K.A. & Burbidge, A.A. 1995. Pig-footed Bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus. pp. 170-171 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Marlow, B.J. 1958. A survey of the marsupials of New South Wales. CSIRO Wildlife Research 3: 71-114
Muirhead, J. & Godthelp, H. 1996. Fossil bandicoots of Chillagoe (northeastern Queensland) and the first known specimens of the pig-footed bandicoot Chaeropus Ogilby, 1838 from Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 19: 73-76
Parker, S.A. 1973. An annotated checklist of the native land mammals of the Northern Territory. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 16(11): 1-57
Wakefield, N.A. 1966. Mammals recorded for the Mallee, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 79: 627-636
Whittell, H.M. 1954. John Gilbert's notebook on marsupials. Western Australian Naturalist 4: 104-114
Wright, W., Sanson, G.D. & McArthur, C. 1991. The diet of the extinct bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus. pp. 229-245 in Vickers-Rich, P., Monaghan, J.M., Baird, R.F. & Rich, T. (eds). Vertebrate palaeontology of Australasia. Melbourne : Pioneer Design Studio.
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Pig-footed Bandicoot)
Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [81] (Pig-footed Bandicoot)
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 | ||
| 29-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED |