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Fourteen species of
octodontid are recognised,
arranged in
seven genera. The best
known species is the
common degu,
Octodon degus.
Octodontids are medium-sized...
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their taxonomic study.
Their closest relatives are
degus and
other octodontids. All
species of tuco-tucos are
found in
South America from Peru and central...
- They are
found between 0 and 1,800 m in altitude. They are medium-sized
octodontids.
Their total body
length varies between 200 and 390 mm, with a tail which...
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species has been
found to be much less
reflective of UV
light than
other octodontids, most
likely as a
result of its
nocturnal habits. The moon-toothed degu...
- pups
until they are old
enough to
leave the family.
Unlike some
other octodontids,
common degus are
diurnal (active
during the day), and they have good...
- A.G. (2006), "Circadian
chronotypes among wild-captured west
Andean octodontids", Biol. Res., 39 (2): 209–220, doi:10.4067/s0716-97602006000200003, PMID 16874396...
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polyploid mammals are known, but most
often result in
prenatal death. An
octodontid rodent of Argentina's
harsh desert regions,
known as the
plains viscacha...
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Degus are a
group of
octodontid rodents in the
Octodontidae family, but
historically referred to the
common degu (O. degus).
Degus are
placed in two...
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porcupines (erethizontids) Myocastorids:
nutria and
coypu Octodonts (
octodontids):
Andean rock-rats,
degus and viscacha-rats Mouse-like
rodents (myomorphs)...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
