Octodon

Translingual

Octodon degus (common degu)

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

1. 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): Octodon bridgesi (Bridges' degu), Octodon degus (common degu), Octodon lunatus (moon-toothed degu), Octodon pacificus (Mocha Island degu or Pacific degu) (species)

Derived terms

• octodontid

Further reading

• Octodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Octodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Octodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Octodon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.