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 --> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
 --> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
 --> FAMILY Octodontidae
				
  GENUS Octomys 
				
| Author: | Thomas, 1920. |  | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 6: 117. |  | Type Species: | Octomys mimax Thomas, 1920. |  | Comments: | Formerly included Octomys barrerae, which is now separated as Tympanoctomys. |  
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  |  Offspring: SPECIES mimax   |  Synonyms:  |     
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