A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Octodontidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chilean Rock RatAconaemys fuscus (Waterhouse, 1842) | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bridges's DeguOctodon bridgesii Waterhouse, 1845 | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common DeguOctodon degus (Molina, 1782) | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coastal DeguOctodon lunatus Osgood, 1943 | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific DeguOctodon pacificus Hutterer, 1994 | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain DeguOctodontomys gliroides (Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844) | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Viscacha RatOctomys mimax Thomas, 1920 | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden Viscacha RatPipanacoctomys aureus Mares, Braun, Barquez & Diaz, 2000 | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| CoruroSpalacopus cyanus (Molina, 1782) | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red Viscacha RatTympanoctomys barrerae (Lawrence, 1941) | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kirchners' Viscacha RatTympanoctomys kirchnerorum Teta et al., 2014 | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.