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Octodonts and Degus
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Octodonts and Degus

Octodontidae

Octodontidae is a family of rodents, restricted to southwestern South America. Thirteen species of octodontid are recognised, arranged in nine genera. The best known species is the common degu, Octodon degus.

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 16 known species

Degus

genusOctodon

Spalacopus

genusSpalacopus

Octodontomys

genusOctodontomys

Andean Rock Rats

genusAconaemys

Viscacha Rats

genusTympanoctomys

Octomys

genusOctomys

Pipanacoctomys

genusPipanacoctomys

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45872.