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The Degus are a group of octodontid

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Octodontidae Octodontidae is a family of rodents, restricted to southwestern South America. Fourteen species of octodontid are recognised, arranged in seven genera. The best known species is the common degu, ''Octodon degus''. Octodontids are medium-sized ...

family, but historically referred to the

common degu The common degu (''Octodon degus''; ), or, historically, the degu, is a small hystricomorpha rodent endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion of central Chile. The name ''degu'' on its own indicates either the entire genus ''Octodon'' or, more ...

(''O. degus''). Degus are placed in two genera: * Genus '' Octodon'' ** ''O. bridgesi'', Bridges's degu, found in

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and

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** ''O. degus'', the

, historically referred to as just "degu", found in central Chile ** ''O. lunatus'', the moon-toothed degu, a nocturnal animal found in central Chile ** ''O. pacificus'', the Mocha Island degu or Pacific degu, a recently discovered species found exclusively on Mocha Island, Chile *Genus ''Octodontomys'' ** ''O. gliroides'', the mountain degu, found in the foothills of the

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