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Octodon
Sign in to saveOctodon, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (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 best-known member is the common degu, O. degus, which is kept as a pet in various countries. Two of the four species of degus are nocturnal.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Octodontidae
- Collections
- NYSM, USNM, UAZ, NY, AMNH, ROM
- Recorded in
- United States, Locality Unknown, Niger, Argentina, Unknown, Captive, Chile, Guinea, Chili
Research
451 papers- Octodon degus: a natural model of multimorbidity for ageing research.Ageing research reviews · 2020
- Octodon degus: a model for the cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2013
- Octodon degus. A useful animal model for social-affective neuroscience research: basic description of separation distress, social attachments and play.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2011
- Cortisol resistance in the degu (Octodon degus).Steroids · 2022
- Stress, sleep, and sex: A review of endocrinological research in Octodon degus.General and comparative endocrinology · 2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Octodontidae
- Image
- Octodon degus 1.jpg
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- time period
- Holocene
- taxon name
- Octodon
- Commons category
- Octodon
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Octodon
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Taxonomy
- Distribution
- Description
- Lifestyle
- Conservation status
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Octodon, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (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 best-known member is the common degu, O. degus, which is kept as a pet in various countries. Two of the four species of degus are nocturnal.
== Classification == This genus was first described in 1832 by the British zoologist Edward Turner Bennett.
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