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area separated from that of the others by a wide stretch of sea, 
it may be provisionally allowed to rank as a species. 
THE PIG-FOOTED BANDICOOTS. GENUS CHG:EROPUS. 
Cheropus, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1838, p. 25. 
Form light and slender; muzzle short and narrow; ears 
long and narrow; fore feet with the first and fifth digits 
wanting, the fourth rudimentary, and the second and third 
fully developed, with long, slender claws ; hind feet with the 
first toe (hallux) wanting, the fifth rudimentary, and the fourth | 
very large; tail cylindrical, slightly crested along the upper 
surface. Eight teats. Five pairs of upper, and three of lower 
incisor teeth. 
The single Australian representative of this remarkable | 
genus is approached, observes Mr. Thomas, both in general 
external appearance, and in the structure of the skull, by | 
Gunn’s Bandicoot and its allies, from which group it may 
therefore probably be regarded as a specialised offshoot. “Its 
distinction as a genus is, however, unquestionable, even if it 
were not for the unique and peculiar structure of its fore feet, 
which have such a striking resemblance to those of the Pig as 
to have gained for the only species its common English name | 
of Pig-footed Bandicoot.” 
I. PIG-FOOTED BANDICOOT. CHCROPUS CASTANOTIS. 
Cheropus ecaudatus, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1838, p. 25. 
Cheropus castanotis, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. ix.,! 
p. 42 (1842); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 250. 
(1888). ’ 
Cheropus occidentalis, Gould, Mamm. Australia, vol. i., pl. Vie 
(1845). 
