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Chaeropus, known as the pig-footed bandicoots, is a genus of small marsupials that became extinct during the 20th century. They were the only members of the family Chaeropodidae in order Peramelemorphia (bandicoots and bilbies), with unusually thin legs, yet were able to move rapidly. Two recognised species inhabited dense vegetation on the arid and semiarid plains of Australia. The genus' distribution range was later reduced to an inland desert region, where it was last recorded in the 1950s; it is now presumed extinct.
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- Mus Nat Hist Nat 25022013 Chaeropus ecaudatus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chaeropus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Chaeropus
- topic's main category
- Category:Chaeropus
- taxon author citation
- Ogilby, 1838
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