A drive-force transmitting apparatus for a vehicle that includes a drive force source and drive wheels, said drive-force transmitting apparatus comprising: a drive gear (Gd) that serves as a drive-force transmitting member (Gd) configured to transmit a drive force from the drive force source to the drive wheels; a fluid pump (PI; P11) that is to driven by rotation of said drive gear (Gd); and a casing that stores therein said drive gear (Gd) and said fluid pump (PI; P11), wherein said fluid pump (PI; P11) includes: a pump body (56; 156) that defines therein a pump chamber; a pump cover (58; 158) that covers said pump chamber and is fixed to said pump body (56; 156); a rotor that is disposed in said pump chamber; a driven gear (Gp) that meshes with said drive gear (Gd); and a pump shaft on which said rotor and said driven gear (Gp) are mounted, wherein said pump shaft has a supported portion (50a, 50b) and a free end portion, such that said pump shaft is rotatably supported at said supported portion (50a, 50b) by at least one of said pump body (56; 156) and said pump cover (58; 158), and such that said driven gear (Gp) is mounted on said free end portion of said pump shaft, wherein said pump body (56; 156) has an outer peripheral portion (56a; 156a) that is located on an outer side of said pump body (56; 156) in a radial direction of said rotor, and said pump cover (58; 158) has an outer peripheral portion (58a; 158a) that is located on an outer side of said pump cover (58; 158) in said radial direction, wherein one (58a; 156a) of said outer peripheral portion (56a; 156a) of said pump body (56; 156) and said outer peripheral portion (58a; 158a) of said pump cover (58; 158) is supported by said casing, and the rest of said pump body (56; 156) and the rest of said pump cover (58; 158) are spaced apart from said casing, and wherein said outer peripheral portion (56a; 156a) of said pump body (56; 156) and said outer peripheral portion (58a; 158a) of said pump cover (58; 158) are located on an outer side of an outer periphery of said rotor in said radial direction. a drive gear (Gd) that serves as a drive-force transmitting member (Gd) configured to transmit a drive force from the drive force source to the drive wheels; a fluid pump (PI; P11) that is to driven by rotation of said drive gear (Gd); and a casing that stores therein said drive gear (Gd) and said fluid pump (PI; P11), wherein said fluid pump (PI; P11) includes: a pump body (56; 156) that defines therein a pump chamber; a pump cover (58; 158) that covers said pump chamber and is fixed to said pump body (56; 156); a rotor that is disposed in said pump chamber; a driven gear (Gp) that meshes with said drive gear (Gd); and a pump shaft on which said rotor and said driven gear (Gp) are mounted, wherein said pump shaft has a supported portion (50a, 50b) and a free end portion, such that said pump shaft is rotatably supported at said supported portion (50a, 50b) by at least one of said pump body (56; 156) and said pump cover (58; 158), and such that said driven gear (Gp) is mounted on said free end portion of said pump shaft, wherein said pump body (56; 156) has an outer peripheral portion (56a; 156a) that is located on an outer side of said pump body (56; 156) in a radial direction of said rotor, and said pump cover (58; 158) has an outer peripheral portion (58a; 158a) that is located on an outer side of said pump cover (58; 158) in said radial direction, wherein one (58a; 156a) of said outer peripheral portion (56a; 156a) of said pump body (56; 156) and said outer peripheral portion (58a; 158a) of said pump cover (58; 158) is supported by said casing, and the rest of said pump body (56; 156) and the rest of said pump cover (58; 158) are spaced apart from said casing, and wherein said outer peripheral portion (56a; 156a) of said pump body (56; 156) and said outer peripheral portion (58a; 158a) of said pump cover (58; 158) are located on an outer side of an outer periphery of said rotor in said radial direction. a pump body (56; 156) that defines therein a pump chamber; a pump cover (58; 158) that covers said pump chamber and is fixed to said pump body (56; 156); a rotor that is disposed in said pump chamber; a driven gear (Gp) that meshes with said drive gear (Gd); and a pump shaft on which said rotor and said driven gear (Gp) are mounted, wherein said pump shaft has a supported portion (50a, 50b) and a free end portion, such that said pump shaft is rotatably supported at said supported portion (50a, 50b) by at least one of said pump body (56; 156) and said pump cover (58; 158), and such that said driven gear (Gp) is mounted on said free end portion of said pump shaft, wherein said pump body (56; 156) has an outer peripheral portion (56a; 156a) that is located on an outer side of said pump body (56; 156) in a radial direction of said rotor, and said pump cover (58; 158) has an outer peripheral portion (58a; 158a) that is located on an outer side of said pump cover (58; 158) in said radial direction, wherein one (58a; 156a) of said outer peripheral portion (56a; 156a) of said pump body (56; 156) and said outer peripheral portion (58a; 158a) of said pump cover (58; 158) is supported by said casing, and the rest of said pump body (56; 156) and the rest of said pump cover (58; 158) are spaced apart from said casing, and wherein said outer peripheral portion (56a; 156a) of said pump body (56; 156) and said outer peripheral portion (58a; 158a) of said pump cover (58; 158) are located on an outer side of an outer periphery of said rotor in said radial direction.