Octodon
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From octo- + -odon, according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.
Proper noun
[edit]Octodon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Octodontidae – the degus.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Octodontoidea - superfamily; Octodontidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Octodon bridgesi (Bridges' degu), Octodon degus (common degu), Octodon lunatus (moon-toothed degu), Octodon pacificus (Mocha Island degu or Pacific degu) (species)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Octodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Octodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Octodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Octodon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.