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    Octodontidae is a family of rodents, restricted to southwestern South America. Fourteen species of octodontid are recognised, arranged in seven genera...
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    Superfamily Octodontoidea Family Abrocomidae: chinchilla-rats Family Octodontidae: degus Family Ctenomyidae: tuco-tucos Family Echimyidae: spiny rats Family...
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    vizcacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae native to Argentina. It is one of three species in the genus Tympanoctomys...
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    burrowing behaviour in the semifossorial degu Octodon degus (Rodentia: Octodontidae)", Journal of Zoology, 252 (2): 179–186, doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000...
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    (spiny rats) Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) Myocastoridae (coypu) Octodontidae (13 species including the degus) Sciurognathi Hystricomorpha Fagen, Robert...
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    also known as the Mocha Island degu, a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae, is endemic to Mocha Island. The waters off the island are a popular...
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    Family Ctenomyidae: (about 60 species) tuco-tucos (South America) Family Octodontidae: (14 species) degus (South America) Family Abrocomidae: (9 species) chinchilla-rats...
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    allotetraploidy in the red vizcacha rat, Tympanoctomys barrerae (Rodentia, Octodontidae)]". Genomics. 88 (2): 214–221. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2006.02.010. PMID 16580173...
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    tuco-tucos Family Echimyidae: spiny rats, hutias, and nutria Family Octodontidae: octodonts Suborder Myomorpha Superfamily Dipodoidea Family Dipodidae:...
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  • are more frequently referred to as rock mice) Members of the family Octodontidae: Aconaemys, a genus in Argentina and Chile Members of the family Petromuridae:...
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