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GENUS Spalacopus

Author:Wagler, 1832.
Citation:Isis, 25: 1219.
Type Species:Spalacopus poeppigii Wagler, 1832 (= Mus cyanus Molina, 1782).
Comments:Aconaemys appears to by paraphyletic to Spalacopus (Gallardo and Kirsch, 2000; Honeycutt et al., 2003).
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Offspring:

SPECIES cyanus

SUBSPECIES cyanus

SUBSPECIES maulinus

SUBSPECIES poeppigii

Synonyms:

    Poephagomys F. Cuvier, 1834
    Psammoryctes Poeppig, 1835

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