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<figureCitation id="F5ADCBADFFE6FFDAFA2EF405FA1FF3C5" box="[1472,1503,3032,3078]" captionStart="On" captionStartId="2.[132,162,3368,3393]" captionTargetBox="[12,2775,13,3642]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="On following pages: 4. Chalchalero Viscacha Rat (Salinoctomys loschalchalerosorum); 5. Common Viscacha Rat (Octomys mimax); 6. Mountain Degu (Octodontomys gliroides); 7. Bridges's Degu (Octodon bridgesii); 8. Pacific Degu (Octodon pacificus); 9. Coastal Degu (Octodon lunatus); 10. Common Degu (Octodon degus); 11. Porter's Rock Rat (Aconaemys porteri); 12. Chilean Rock Rat (Aconaemys fuscus); 13. Sage’s Rock Rat (Aconaemys sage), 14. Coruro (Spalacopus cyanus)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6615391" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6615391/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="539">6.</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE6FFDAF869F405F6D6F3C5" box="[1927,2326,3032,3078]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="539">Octodontomys gliroides</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE6FFDAFA51F3C5F9CAF3EE" bold="true" box="[1471,1546,3096,3117]" pageId="3" pageNumber="539">French:</emphasis>
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/
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE6FFDAF7B9F3C5F772F3EE" bold="true" box="[2135,2226,3096,3117]" pageId="3" pageNumber="539">Spanish:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE6FFDAFA50F39DF974F396" bold="true" box="[1470,1716,3136,3157]" pageId="3" pageNumber="539">Other common names:</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE6FFDAFA53F356F998F367" bold="true" box="[1469,1624,3211,3236]" pageId="3" pageNumber="539">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE6FFDAF984F356F730F367" authority="P. Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844" authorityName="P. Gervais & d'Orbigny" authorityYear="1844" box="[1642,2288,3211,3236]" class="Mammalia" family="Octodontidae" genus="Octodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="539" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gliroides">Octodon gliroides P. Gervais & d’Orbigny, 1844</taxonomicName>
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,
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<materialsCitation id="DDFEDD75FFE6FFDAF6EAF356F93CF309" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3803267310" pageId="3" pageNumber="539">“des Andes boliviennes, a Lapaz,” La Paz, Bolivia</materialsCitation>
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.
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Phylogenetic position of
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remains uncertain. Most molecular studies support a sister relationship with the Chilean clade (
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[
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE6FFDAF6E7F325F657F2DA" authorityName="Ameghino" authorityYear="1891" box="[2313,2455,3320,3353]" class="Mammalia" family="Octodontidae" genus="Aconaemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="539" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Aconaemys</taxonomicName>
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+
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE6FFDAF62FF325F59AF2DA" authorityName="Wagler" authorityYear="1832" box="[2497,2650,3320,3353]" class="Mammalia" family="Octodontidae" genus="Spalacopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="539" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Spalacopus</taxonomicName>
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]), while others place it basal to the desert-adapted Argentinean clade (
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[
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE6FFDAF5F9F2FDF9EEF2A4" authorityName="Yepes" authorityYear="1941" class="Mammalia" family="Octodontidae" genus="Tympanoctomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="539" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Tympanoctomys</taxonomicName>
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+
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE6FFDAF9BEF297F8E5F2A4" authorityName="Mares, Braun, Barquez & Diaz" authorityYear="2000" box="[1616,1829,3402,3431]" class="Mammalia" family="Octodontidae" genus="Pipanacoctomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="539" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pipanacoctomys</taxonomicName>
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]). Monotypic.
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE6FFDAFA53F2ABF9A9F24C" bold="true" box="[1469,1641,3446,3471]" pageId="3" pageNumber="539">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Andean and sub-Andean zones of SW Bolivia, N Chile, and NW Argentina.
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE1FFDDFD34FEC7FC33FEF8" bold="true" box="[730,1011,282,315]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head-body 161-182 mm, tail 100-190 mm; weight 100-200 g. The Mountain Degu is mediumsized to large-sized. Skull is nearly similar to that of species of
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE1FFDDFBDFFE65FB58FE1A" box="[1073,1176,440,473]" class="Mammalia" family="Octodontidae" genus="Octomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Octomys</taxonomicName>
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. Rostrum is relatively long and narrow. Tympanic bullae are large and well developed, like other desert-adapted octodontids. Pelage is long and silky. Dorsal fur is grayish brown, and venteris white, with gray bases to hairs. Chin and throat are pure white.
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<paragraph id="6D29D728FFE1FFDDFF96FD11FCC7FCFE" blockId="4.[120,1327,716,1933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">Ears are large and covered with short grayish hairs. Tail is long (c.80% of head-body length) and bicolored, with well-developed, brown-ocher brush extending from tip. Chromosome complement is 2n = 38, FN = 64.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6D29D728FFE1FFDDFF96FC9EFD8CFBE9" blockId="4.[120,1327,716,1933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE1FFDDFF96FC9EFF27FCA7" bold="true" box="[120,231,835,868]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Open, xeric, and rocky areas of the
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, dominated by columniform cacti (
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE1FFDDFF6BFCAEFEDEFC4F" box="[133,286,883,908]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cactaceae" genus="Browningia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Browningia</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE1FFDDFED6FCAEFDF9FC4F" authority=", Trichocereus" authorityName="Trichocereus" box="[312,569,883,908]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cactaceae" genus="Cereus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cereus, Trichocereus</taxonomicName>
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, and
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,
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), shrubs, and herbaceous plants, at elevations of 2000-5000 m. The Mountain Degu is a scansorial species, but it can make superficial burrows in patches of columnar and ground-level cacti or shrubs, where they feed on vegetation, hide from predators, and rear offspring. Tail is used for substrate support when climbing.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="258C84A3FFE1FFDDFF97FBF2FD10FB0B" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" type="food_feeding">
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<paragraph id="6D29D728FFE1FFDDFF97FBF2FD10FB0B" blockId="4.[120,1327,716,1933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE1FFDDFF97FBF2FEBDFB93" bold="true" box="[121,381,1071,1104]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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The Mountain Degu is herbivorous and eats on cacti and pods and seeds of acacia (
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE1FFDDFE8AFB86FE7DFBBB" box="[356,445,1115,1144]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Acacia</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE1FFDDFE3EFB86FD98FBBB" authorityName="Lindley & John" authorityYear="1830" box="[464,600,1115,1144]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Fabaceae</taxonomicName>
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). Individuals feed on acacia sheaths in winter and cactus fruits in summer; they also eat leaves and bark of resinous shrubs and can use cactus tissues to satisfy water requirements.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="258C84A3FFE1FFDDFF97FB10FDEDFAA5" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" type="breeding">
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<paragraph id="6D29D728FFE1FFDDFF97FB10FDEDFAA5" blockId="4.[120,1327,716,1933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE1FFDDFF97FB10FEC0FB2D" bold="true" box="[121,256,1229,1262]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">Breeding.</emphasis>
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Gestation of the Mountain Degu is 100-109 days, with litter sizes of 1-3 offspring. Precocial young are born completely furred and with open eyes. Juveniles in various stages of development have been found in November, and pregnant females and young in January and May.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="258C84A3FFE1FFDDFF96FAB6FE3AFA77" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" type="activity">
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<paragraph id="6D29D728FFE1FFDDFF96FAB6FE3AFA77" blockId="4.[120,1327,716,1933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE1FFDDFF96FAB6FEA6FA4F" bold="true" box="[120,358,1387,1420]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
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The Mountain Degu is nocturnal. Its activity is highest after sunset and decreases after sunrise.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="258C84A3FFE1FFDDFF94FA67FB5DF9BA" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="6D29D728FFE1FFDDFF94FA67FB5DF9BA" blockId="4.[120,1327,716,1933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE1FFDDFF94FA67FC82FA18" bold="true" box="[122,834,1466,1499]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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The Mountain Degu is social and communicates with gurgles, twitters, and squeaks in low, mid-, and high frequencies. A recent study of two populations of Mountain
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE1FFDDFD15F9D5FC91F9EA" box="[763,849,1544,1577]" class="Mammalia" family="Octodontidae" genus="Octodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="degus">Degus</taxonomicName>
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identified social groups of 2-3 or 2—4 individuals. Mountain
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<taxonomicName id="AA96ACABFFE1FFDDFE1BF9EDFD8BF992" box="[501,587,1584,1617]" class="Mammalia" family="Octodontidae" genus="Octodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="degus">Degus</taxonomicName>
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from the same social group always used one burrow system for resting and hiding. Males have larger home ranges than females.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="258C84A3FFE1FFDDFF95F9A2FB04F92C" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" type="conservation">
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<paragraph id="6D29D728FFE1FFDDFF95F9A2FB04F92C" blockId="4.[120,1327,716,1933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE1FFDDFF95F9A2FE16F963" bold="true" box="[123,470,1663,1696]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
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Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Mountain Degu has no apparent conservation threats, and it can live in areas of high human densities. It has a wide distribution and presumably a large overall population.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="258C84A3FFE1FFDDFF92F920FAD0F84E" pageId="4" pageNumber="540" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph id="6D29D728FFE1FFDDFF92F920FAD0F84E" blockId="4.[120,1327,716,1933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">
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<emphasis id="5FE20B3AFFE1FFDDFF92F920FECCF8D5" bold="true" box="[124,268,1789,1814]" pageId="4" pageNumber="540">Bibliography.</emphasis>
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Contreras, Torres-Mura, Spotorno & Walker (1994), Contreras, Torres-Mura & Yanez (1987), Diaz, G.B. & Ojeda (2000), Diaz, M.M. (1999), Gallardo (1992), Gallardo & Kirsch (2001), George & Weir (1972b), Honeycutt et al. (2003), Iriarte (2008), Mann (1978), Munoz-Pedreros (2000), Opazo (2005), Pine et al. (1979), Reig (1986), Rivera (2013), Rivera et al. (2014), Rowe etal. (2010), Tirira, Boada, Weksler et al. (2008a), Upham & Patterson (2012), Weir (1974).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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