Chaeropus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χοῖρος (khoîros, “pig”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”)

Proper noun

Chaeropus

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chaeropodidae – pig-footed bandicoots.
   • 1838, William Ogilby, “On a New Species of Marsupial Animal found by Major Mitchell on the banks of the River Murray in New South Wales”, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, part VI, pages 25–26:

     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.

     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.