Fourteen species of octodontid are recognised, arranged in seven genera. The best known species is the common degu, Octodon degus. Octodontids are medium-sized...

part of the Caviomorpha parvorder. Members of this family are called octodontids and include degus, rock rats, and viscacha rats. They are found in southern...

(oktṓ), meaning "eight", and ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth") is a genus of octodontid rodents native to South America, in particular in the Chilean Andes. The...

The 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...

  Extinct in the wild (EW): 1 species   Critically endangered (CR): 238 species   Endangered (EN): 559 species   Vulnerable (VU): 567 species   Near threatened...

(active during the day). This species is said to have relatively primitive octodontid features, including long fur and a tail lacking a substantial tuft, a...

has 92 chromosomes and has been regarded as tetraploid (4x = 2n). This octodontid and its sister-species, the plains viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae)...

degu. The phylogeny and placement of O. gliroides in relation to other octodontids was originally unclear. It was placed as the sole member of Octodontomys...

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...

on 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...

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...

surviving until the 1900s. Members of the Octodontidae family are called octodontids and include degus, rock rats, and viscacha rats. They are herbivores...

porcupines (erethizontids) Myocastorids: nutria and coypu Octodonts (octodontids): Andean rock-rats, degus and viscacha-rats Mouse-like rodents (myomorphs)...

OCLC 62265494. Saavedra, B.; Simonetti, J. (2003), "Holocene distribution of Octodontid rodents in central Chile", Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 76 (3):...

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...

Interatherium, Nesodon and Thoatherium) the chinchillid Perimys, the octodontid Spaniomys, the porcupine Steiromys, and the primate Homunculus. Birds...

Interatherium, Nesodon and Thoatherium) the chinchillid Perimys, the octodontid Spaniomys, the porcupine Steiromys, and the primate Homunculus. Birds...

of the family Octodontidae, which includes viscacha rats, see List of octodontids For members of the family Spalacidae, which includes bamboo rats and...

; Braun, J. K.; Channell, R. (1997). "Ecological Observations on the Octodontid Rodent, Tympanoctomys barrerae, in Argentina". The Southwestern Naturalist...

1016/j.ygeno.2004.12.004. PMID 15780745. Berman, S.L. (2003). "A desert octodontid rodent, Tympanoctomys barrerae, uses modified hairs for stripping epidermal...

November 2021. Gallardo, Milton H. (February 1992). "Karyotypic Evolution in Octodontid Rodents Based on C-Band Analysis". Journal of Mammalogy. 73 (1). Journal...

similarity of its musculature and (estimated) bite force to those of octodontids than to those of extant tuco-tucos. De Santi & Verzi (2025) revise the...

maras and cavioids such as Cardiomys, Procardiomys and Cardiatherium, octodontids such as Chasicomys and Chasichimys, the echimyids Pattersomys, the plain...

composition, repeated DNA amount and its distribution on chromosomes of octodontids is absolutely necessary to define exactly what heterochromatin fraction...

area, the extinct echimyid Dicolpomys, and unidentified caviids and octodontids. C. cailoi probably lived in a wetland habitat under relatively warm...

rodents such as the agoutis Incamys, Branisamys and Cephalomys and the octodontids Migraveramus and Sallamys. The herbivorous fauna was completed by various...