Octodon lunatus Osgood 1943

Authors :: Woods, Charles A.
Publication Year :: 1993
Publisher :: Zenodo, 1993.
Abstract: Octodon lunatus Osgood, 1943. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Pubi., Zool. Ser., 30:110. TYPE LOCALITY: Chile, Valparaiso Prov., Olmue. DISTRIBUTION: Coastal mountains of Valparaiso, Aconcagua, and Coquimbo Provs. (Chile) between 31°30' and 35°S. STATUS: Common. COMMENTS: Included in Octodon bridgesi by Tamayo and Frassinetti (1980:354). The chromosome no. is 2n=78 (Spotorno et al., 1988).<br />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<br />{"references":["Tamayo H., M., and D. Frassinetti C. 1980. Catalogo de los mamiferos fosiles y vivientes de Chile. Boletin de Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Chile (Santiago), 37: 323 - 399.","Spotorno O., A. E., L. Walker, L. Contreras, J. Pincheira, and R. Fernandez-Donoso. 1988. Cromosomas ancestrales en Octodontidae y Abrocomyidae. Sociedad Genetica Chilensis, resumen no. R- 65, not paginated."]}