Coruro

Coruro
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Hystricomorpha
Infraorder:	Hystricognathi
Family:	Octodontidae
Genus:	Spalacopus
Species:	S. cyanus
Binomial name
Spalacopus cyanus Wagler, 1832

The Coruro (Spalacopus cyanus) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae.^[2] It is monotypic within the genus Spalacopus.^{[citation needed]} The species is endemic to central Chile, where it has been found in a wide variety of habitats, from coastal to montane.^[1] It is fossorial and lives in colonies.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C. (2008). Spalacopus cyanus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.
2. ^ Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1573. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400385.