Octodon

Octodon (degu)
Temporal 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 native to South America.[1] The best-known member is the common degu, O. degus. Two of the four species of degus are nocturnal.[2][3] The full list of species is:

References

  1. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Aconaemys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1571-1572. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Wise Geek
  3. University of Michigan
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