Octodontomys gliroides

(P. Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844)

Mountain Degu

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gervais, P. and d'Orbigny, A. 1844. M. Paul Gervais communique, au nom de M. Alc. d'Orbigny et au sien, la description d'une espèce nouvelle de Mammifères Rongeurs. Société Philomatique de Paris. Extraits des procès-verbaux des séances 9:22.

Original name as described

Octodon gliroides

Other common names

Chozchori · Long-tailed Octodon

Type locality

"des Andes boliviennes, à Lapaz," La Paz, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Chile · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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