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Octomys (viscacha rat)
Taxonomy
Octomys was named by Thomas (1920). It is extant.
It was assigned to Octodontinae by Fernández et al. (2000); and to Octodontidae by Arnal and Vucetich (2015), Verzi et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Octodontinae by Fernández et al. (2000); and to Octodontidae by Arnal and Vucetich (2015), Verzi et al. (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Octomys Thomas |
| 2000 | Octomys Fernández et al. p. 87 |
| 2015 | Octomys Arnal and Vucetich |
| 2024 | Octomys Verzi et al. p. 62 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Fernández et al. 2000, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||