Octomys Thomas 1920 (viscacha rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae

Parent taxon: Octodontidae according to M. Arnal and M. G. Vucetich 2015

See also Fernández et al. 2000 and Verzi et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Eoctodon, Eucoelophorus, Massoiamys, Metacaremys, Octodontinae, Octodontomys, Palaeoctodon, Phthoramys, Phtoramys, Pithanotomys, Plataeomys, Pseudoplataeomys

Subtaxa: Octomys rosiae

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Ecology: semifossorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Vaquería Gruta 1 (Quaternary of Argentina)

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