Octodon pacificus

Hutterer, 1994

Pacific 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

Hutterer, R. 1994. Island rodents: a new species of Octodon from Isla Mocha, Chile (Mammalia: Octodontidae). Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 59:27-41.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45584745

Original name as described

Octodon pacificus

Other common names

Mocha Island Degu · Mocha Degu

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1992.384

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Isla Mocha (38°22' S, 73°55' W), Arauca Province," Bío Bío, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001496

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 pacificus

Hutterer, 1994

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

pacificus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1992.384

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45584745

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15090/78321512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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