FIG. 37 in Craniodental Morphology And Phylogeny Of Marsupials

FIG. 37. Chaeropus (Peramelemorphia, Chaeropodidae; based primarily on BMNH 1848.1.27.41, an adult female C. ecaudatus from New South Wales, but with the morphology of the ear region based on BMNH 1847.8.14.13, an adult C. ecaudatus of unknown sex from New South Wales, and the lower dentition based on BMNH 1854.10.24.19, a juvenile C. yiratji from northern Australia). Note that the free-standing ventral processes of both pterygoid bones (normally visible in lateral view) had broken away in all the specimens we examined and are not illustrated here.