To provide a suction opening body which is smoothly moved at all times regardless of a moving direction and a vacuum cleaner equipped with the same.

In the suction opening body, a first suction opening 23A and a second suction opening 24A are respectively provided on the front side and the rear side of a bottom face 21a of a suction opening main body 21, driving wheel chambers 25 and 26 opening their lower faces between the first suction opening 23A and the second suction opening 24B are provided on the suction opening main body 21, the driving wheel chambers 25 and 26 are equipped with driving wheels 30 and 31 to be freely rotatable, and a motor 33 (driving means) is provided for rotating the driving wheels 30 and 31. The suction opening main body 21 is provided with a first limit switch L1 (rotating direction detecting means) for detecting the moving direction of the suction opening main body 21 and switching the rotating direction of the driving wheels 30 and 31 so as to be driven in the same direction as the detected moving direction.