Chæ Ropus.

C. castanotis. The interior of New South Wales, South, and West Australia.

The Chæropus is known as the pig-footed Bandicoot, having only two functional toes to the fore-feet; the hind legs are like those of the Kangaroo and Bandicoot. The teeth of this animal are feeble, in particular the canines; the tail resembles that of the Peragalea, with a crest of hair on the upper edge.

The dentition of the Bandicoots resembles the carnivorous section, the Dasyures.