Octodon degus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	OCTODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Octodon degus

Species Authority:

(Molina, 1782)

Common Name/s:

English

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Degu

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C.
Reviewer/s:	Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its relatively wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in Chile, on the western slope of the Andes between Vallenar and Curico, to 1,200 m asl. (Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005).
Countries:	Native: Chile
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Population [top]

Population:	This is an abundant species (Ojeda pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Coastal and central scrubland (matorralo) (Ojeda pers. comm.).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats for this species at present.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats for this species at present.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no specific conservation measures in place to protect this rodent.

Conservation Actions:

There are no specific conservation measures in place to protect this rodent.

Bibliography [top]

	Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C. 2008. Octodon degus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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