Octodon Bennett 1823 (degu)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae

Parent taxon: Octodontinae according to M. E. Fernández et al. 2000

See also Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Abalosia, Sciamys, Spalacopus, Tympanoctomys

Subtaxa: Octodon degus

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Ecology: semifossorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Taguatagua 1 (Quaternary of Chile)

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