What is Pig footed bandicoot?
[[File:Pig-footed Bandicoot Pengo.jpg|thumb|A taxidermied pig-footed bandicoot at [[Melbourne Museum]]]] The '''pig footed bandicoot''' {''Chaeropus ecaudatus'') is a small [[marsupial]]. The distribution range of species was later reduced to an inland desert region, where it was last recorded in the 1950s. It is now believed to be [[Extinction|extinct]]. ==Description == The pig footed bandicoot has a body which around 23-26 centimetres and a tail 10-15 centimetres. The bandicoot has a pointed ears and large, slender limbs. It had a broad head and a slender snout. Its fur was coarse and straight. Its colour varied from a grizzled grey through fawn orange-brown. ==Habitat == The pig footed bandicoot is known to live in the western [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[New South Wales]]. It inhabited a fairly wide range of types: from grassy woodland and [[grassland]] plains to the spinifex country and parched flats of central Australia. ==Diet/ food sources== The pig footed bandicoot only eats plants. ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline|Chaeropus ecaudatus}} [[Category:Marsupials of Australia]]