Octodon bridgesii

G. R. Waterhouse, 1845

Bridges's Degu

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Octodontidae
Genus : Octodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1845-02. Various Skins of Mammalia from Chile were laid before the Meeting. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844(140):153-158.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862449

Original name as described

Octodon Bridgesii

Other common names

Bridges's Octodon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.196

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc88f2af-8673-440f-9c6e-850e5a893f43

Type locality

"Chile." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1927 to "Río Teno, Colchagua," O'Higgins, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile

Taxonomy notes

previously included populations now attributed to O. ricardojeda

Taxonomy notes citation

D'Elía, G., Teta, P., Verzi, D. H., Cadenillas, R., & Patton, J. L. (2020). A new living species of degu, genus Octodon (Hystricomorpha: Octodontidae), Journal of Mammalogy, XX(XX), gyaa143.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001493

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Octodon Bridgesii

G. R. Waterhouse, 1845

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

bridgesii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.196

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc88f2af-8673-440f-9c6e-850e5a893f43

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862449

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Octodon bridgesi

Tate, 1935

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

bridgesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

378

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15087/115124772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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