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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Octodontidae
--> GENUS Octodon
SPECIES Octodon lunatus
| Author: | Osgood, 1943. | | Citation: | Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 30: 110. | | Common Name: | Moon-toothed Degu | | Type Locality: | Chile, Valparaiso Prov., Olmue. | | Distribution: | Coastal mountains of Valparaiso, Aconcagua, and Coquimbo Provs. (Chile) between 31o30’ and 35oS. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. | | Comments: | Included in Octodon bridgesi by Tamayo and Frassinetti (1980:354). Karyotype has 2n=78 (Spotorno et al., 1988). |
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