Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Spalacopus cyanus (Molina, 1782) . Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile , p. 300 . TYPE LOCALITY: Chile , Valparaiso Prov . DISTRIBUTION: Chile , west of the Andes between 27° and 36°S . STATUS: Locally common, very fossorial. SYNONYMS: ater, maulinus , noctivagus, poeppigii , tabanus. COMMENTS: Includes tabanus (Cabrera, 1961:517; Corbet and Hill, 1991:203 ). Chromosome no. is 2n = 58.