Octodon degus (Molina 1782)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Octodontidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1570-1573 : 1571

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11347814

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scientific name

Octodon degus (Molina 1782)
status

 

Octodon degus (Molina 1782) View in CoL

[Sciurus] degus Molina 1782 View in CoL , Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile: 303.

Type Locality: Chile, Santiago Prov., Santiago.

Vernacular Names: Degu.

Synonyms: Octodon alba Fitzinger 1867 ; Octodon clivorum Thomas 1927 ; Octodon cumingii Bennett 1832 ; Octodon getulus (Poeppig 1829) ; Octodon kummingii (Schinz 1845) ; Octodon pallidus Wagner 1845 ; Octodon peruana Waterhouse 1848 .

Distribution: Chile, west slope of the Andes between Vallenar and Curico, to 1,200 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Reviewed by Woods and Boraker (1975). Karyotype has 2n=58 and FN=112 ( Reig et al., 1972).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Octodontidae

Genus

Octodon

Loc

Octodon degus (Molina 1782)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Sciurus] degus

Molina 1782: 303
1782
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