Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Octodon bridgesi Waterhouse, 1845 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844:155 [1845]. TYPE LOCALITY: Chile , Curico Prov., Rio Teno . DISTRIBUTION: Chilean Andes from 34°15' to at least 40°S ( Redford and Eisenberg, 1992 ). STATUS: Once common, but now quite rare ( Redford and Eisenberg, 1992 ). COMMENTS: Massoia (1979:36) reported Octodon , perhaps bridgesi , from S Argentina . The chromosome no. is 2n=58.