🦋 Family

Octodontidae

2 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Octodontidae

Spalacopus cyanus, the coruro, is a small colonial subterranean rodent native to central Chile.

Octodon degus, the common degu, is a small mammal with a distinct eight-shaped cheek tooth form.

Related Families

Sciuridae 144 species Cricetidae 53 species Muridae 30 species Heteromyidae 16 species Geomyidae 12 species Caviidae 11 species Dasyproctidae 7 species Dipodidae 6 species

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