Octodon bridgesi Waterhouse 1845

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.
Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 788, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083
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