Octodon
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.
Proper noun
Octodon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Octodontidae – the degus.
Hypernyms
- (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
- (genus): Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (Bridges' degu), Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (common degu), Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (moon-toothed degu), Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (Mocha Island degu or Pacific degu) (species)
Derived terms
Further reading
Octodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Octodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Octodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Octodon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.