Poephagomys ater.
Poephagomys ater, F. Cuvier, Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 2d series, Zoologie, tom. 1. p. 321. June, 1834.
Chile, (September.)
“This animal is generally scarce, but in certain districts, I believe, of an alpine character, it is abundant. It excavates very extensive superficial burrows, no doubt, for the purpose of feeding on the roots of plants, as in the case of the Ctenomys Braziliensis, the habits of which have just been described. Horses passing over districts frequented by these animals, sink fetlock deep through the turf. I procured my specimen from Valparaiso, where the country-people called it ‘Cururo.’”—D.