IRMNG - Octodon Bennett, 1832

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Octodon Bennett, 1832

IRMNG_ID

1378675 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1378675)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Octodontidae Waterhouse, 1839

Synonymised names

Dendrobius Meyen, 1833 · unaccepted

Dendroleius Meyen, 1833 · unaccepted

Dendrolejus Troschel in Troschel & Ruthe, 1848 · unaccepted

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Species Octodon bridgesi Waterhouse, 1845
Species Octodon degus (Molina, 1782)
Species Octodon lunatus Osgood, 1943
Species Octodon pacificus

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Proc. Comm. Sci. Zool. Soc. London, 2
page(s): 46 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Octodon Bennett, 1832. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1378675 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (11)
Notes (1)

original description Proc. Comm. Sci. Zool. Soc. London, 2
page(s): 46 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Dendrolejus Troschel in Troschel & Ruthe, 1848) in Troschel & Ruthe, Handb. Zool., ed. 3
page(s): 55 [details]

original description (of Dendrobius Meyen, 1833) N. Acta Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol., 16 (2)
page(s): 600 [details]

original description (of Dendroleius Meyen, 1833) N. Acta Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol., 16 (2), tab. xliv. [details]

Unreviewed

Type species as cited Octodon cumingii Bennett, 1832 (= Sciurus degus Molina, 1782). [details]