Chaeropus

Translingual Etymology From mul grc - grc χοῖρος pig πούς foot Proper noun 1 genus family Chaeropodidae family pig-footed bandicoots mul Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London part VI 1838 25–26 William Ogilby On a New Species of Marsupial Animal found by Major Mitchell on the banks of the River Murray in New South Wales According to Major Mitchell's drawing, and the notes he took at the time of examining the speciment, it would appear that there were only two toes on the fore-feet, which were described as having been so perfectly similar to those of a pig, as to have procured for the animal the name of the pig-footed bandicoot, among the persons of the expedition. Mr. Ogilby, expressed his belief that this animal would be found to constitute a new genus of Marsupials, and proposed for it the provisional name of Chœropus, in allusion to the described characters of the fore feet. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571083#page/370/mode/1up; Although the original spelling looks like an "oe"/"œ"rather than an "ae"/"æ" and the etymology would suggest the same, subsequent authors have apparently all used the "Chaeropus" spelling.