Chaeropus yirratji
Travouillon, Simões, Portela Miguez, Brace, Brewer, Stemmer, G. J. Price, Cramb, & Louys, 2019
Northern Pig-footed Bandicoot
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Peramelemorphia |
| Family | : Chaeropodidae |
| Genus | : Chaeropus |
Species status
Authority citation
Travouillon, K.J., Simões, B.F., Portela Miguez, R., Brace, S., Brewer, P., Stemmer, D., Price, G.J., Cramb, J. and Louys, J. 2019-03-13. Hidden in plain sight: reassessment of the pig-footed bandicoot, _Chaeropus ecaudatus_ (Peramelemorphia, Chaeropodidae), with a description of a new species from central Australia, and use of the fossil record to trace its past distribution. Zootaxa 4566(1):1-69.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4566.1.1Original name as described
Chaeropus yirratji
Type material
NMV C468
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Northern Territory, Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
Taxonomy notes
recently described extinct species
Taxonomy notes citation
Travouillon, K. J., Simões, B. F., Miguez, R. P., Brace, S., Brewer, P., Stemmer, D., ... & Louys, J. (2019). Hidden in plain sight: reassessment of the pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus (Peramelemorphia, Chaeropodidae), with a description of a new species from central australia, and use of the fossil record to trace its past distribution. Zootaxa, 4566(1), 1-69.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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