| Octodon (degu) Fossil range: Recent |
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| Degu, Octodon degus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Octodontidae |
| Genus: | Octodon Bennett, 1823 |
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Octodon bridgesi |
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Octodon. |
Octodon is a genus of octodontid rodents, of which the best-known member is the degu O. degus. The full list of species is:
- O. bridgesi, Bridge's Degu, found in Argentina and Chile
- O. degus, the Common Degu or Degu, found in Chile and Argentina
- O. lunatus, the Moon-toothed Degu, a nocturnal animal found in northern Chile
- O. pacificus, the Mocha Island degu or Pacific Degu, a recently discovered species found exclusively around Mocha Island, Chile
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