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--> GENUS Spalacopus
SPECIES Spalacopus cyanus
Author: | Molina, 1782. | Citation: | Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile: 300. | Common Name: | Coruro | Type Locality: | Chile, Valparaiso Prov. | Distribution: | Chile, west of the Andes between 27o and 36oS. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common, very fossorial. | Comments: | 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). |
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