Chaeropus ecaudatus

– Extinct

Taxonomy

Kingdom:	ANIMALIA
Phylum:	CHORDATA
Class:	MAMMALIA
Order:	PERAMELEMORPHIA
Family:	CHAEROPODIDAE
Scientific Name:	Chaeropus ecaudatus
Species Authority:	(Ogilby, 1838)
Common Name/s:	PIG-FOOTED BANDICOOT (Eng) BANDICOOT À PIED DE PORC (Fre) BANDICOOT À PIEDS DE COCHON SANS QUEUE (Fre) PÉRAMÈLE ANOURE (Fre) CANGURITO PIEDECERDO (Spa)
Taxonomic Notes:	Was in the family Peramelidae.

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

EX ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group

Justification:

Chaeropus ecaudatus was endemic to Australia. The last specimen was collected from the wild at Lake Eyre, South Australia in 1907. Reports of sightings in central Australia during the 1920’s remain unconfirmed.

History:

1965	-	"Status inadequately known-survey required or data sought" (Scott 1965)
1982	-	Extinct (Thornback and Jenkins 1982)
1986	-	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Range Description:	The Pig-footed Bandicoot occurred in Australia. It was recorded from Western Australia, through South Australia and the southern part of the Northern Territory, to southwestern New South Wales and western Victoria.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population

Population:

The last known specimen was collected from Lake Eyre, South Australia in 1907. Reports of sightings in central Australia during the 1920s were unconfirmed.

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:	Chaeropus ecaudatus was found in arid areas such as sclerophyll woodland, mallee, heath and grassland.
System:	Terrestrial

Threats

Threats:

The main causes of this species’ decline are thought to be through introduced predators (foxes and cats), overgrazing of habitat by domestic livestock, and competition from rabbits.

Citation:	Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. Chaeropus ecaudatus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 July 2008.
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