Spalacopus cyanus (Molina 1782)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Octodontidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1570-1573 : 1573

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scientific name	Spalacopus cyanus (Molina 1782)
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[Spalacopus] cyanus ( Molina 1782) , Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile: 300.

Type Locality: Chile, Valparaiso Prov.

Vernacular Names: Coruro.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Spalacopus cyanus subsp. cyanus Molina 1782

Subspecies Spalacopus cyanus subsp. maulinus Osgood 1943

Subspecies Spalacopus cyanus subsp. poeppigii Wagler 1832

Distribution: Chile, west of the Andes between 27 o and 36 o S.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common, very fossorial.

Discussion: Reviewed by Torres-Mura and Contreras (1998). Includes tabanus (Cabrera, 1961:517; Corbet and Hill, 1991:203; Osgood, 1943). Three subspecies ( cyanus , poeppigi, maulinus) recognized by Contreras et al. (1987). Karyotype has 2n=58 and FN=112 ( Reig et al., 1972).