Octomys Thomas 1920 (viscacha rat)
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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
Ecology: semifossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at VaquerÃa Gruta 1 (Quaternary of Argentina)
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