Octodon ricardojeda
D'Elía, Teta, Verzi, Cadenillas, & J. L. Patton, 2020
Ricardo Ojeda'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
Authority citation
D'Elía, G., Teta, P., Verzi, D.H., Cadenillas, R. and Patton, J.L. 2020-12-10. A new living species of degu, genus Octodon (Hystricomorpha: Octodontidae). Journal of Mammalogy 102(1):139-154.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa143Original name as described
Octodon ricardojeda
Type material
MLP 12-VII-88-2
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
neighborhood of río Currhué, less than 20 m from it, and 200–250 m from the eastern margin of Lago Curruhué Chico (-39.9050, -71.3256), Parque Nacional Lanin, Huiliches, Neuquén, Argentina.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina · Chile
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on populations previously attributed to O. bridgesii
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
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