Octodon lunatus Osgood 1943

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Octodontidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1570-1573 : 1572

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11347816
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scientific name	Octodon lunatus Osgood 1943
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Octodon lunatus Osgood 1943 View in CoL

Octodon lunatus Osgood 1943 View in CoL , Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 30: 110.

Type Locality: Chile, Valparaiso Prov., Olmue.

Vernacular Names: Moon-toothed Degu.

Distribution: Coastal mountains of Valparaiso, Aconcagua, and Coquimbo Provs. ( Chile) between 31 o 30’ and 35 o S.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Included in Octodon bridgesi by Tamayo and Frassinetti (1980:354). Karyotype has 2n=78 ( Spotorno et al., 1988).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Octodontidae
Genus	Octodon

Octodon lunatus Osgood 1943

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Octodon lunatus

Osgood 1943: 110

1943

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