Octodontidae
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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. The best known species is the common degu, Octod
Degu eating a piece of dried banana
Caviomorpha
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Caviomorpha is the rodent parvorder that unites all New World hystricognaths. It is supported by both fossil and molecular evidence. The Caviomorpha was for a time considered to be a separate order ou
Octodontidae
…Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha Infraorder: Hystricognathi Parvorder: Caviomorpha Superfamily: Octodontoidea Family: Octodontidae Waterhouse, 1839 Type genus Octodon Bennett, 1823 Genera Aconaemys Octodon Octodontomys Octomys…
Capybara
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