Octodon (degu) Fossil range: Recent
Degu, Octodon degus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Octodontidae
Genus:	Octodon Bennett, 1823
Species
Octodon bridgesi Octodon degus Octodon lunatus Octodon pacificus

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

v • d • e Extant species of family Octodontidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha Aconaemys Chilean Rock Rat (Aconaemys fuscus) · Porter's Rock Rat (Aconaemys porteri) · Sage's Rock Rat (Aconaemys sagei) Octodon Bridges's Degu (Octodon bridgesi) · Degu (Octodon degus) · Moon-toothed Degu (Octodon lunatus) · Pacific Degu (Octodon pacificus) Octodontomys Mountain Degu (Octodontomys gliroides) Octomys Viscacha Rat (Octomys mimax) Pipanacoctomys Golden Vizcacha Rat (Pipanacoctomys aureus) Salinoctomys Chalchalero Vizcacha Rat (Salinoctomys loschalchalerosorum) Spalacopus Coruro (Spalacopus cyanus) Tympanoctomys Plains Viscacha Rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) Category

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