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no a degu is its own species they are from the same family though Answer: Yes a degu is it's own species :) But they act like a chincilla but look a bit like a gerbil or a squirrel :D lol A degu is not a mix of a rat and a chinchilla but they are in the chinchilla family. I think that degus look like squirrels but smaller and without a bushy tail.

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