🐭Common degu
El degú o degu (mapudungun dewü, rata, ratón) (Octodon degus) es una especie de roedor histricomorfo de la familia Octodontidae. Es conocido también por multitud de otros nombres, como degú/ratón cola de pincel, degú/ratón de las pircas, ardilla chilena (no confundir con la ardilla roja, la ardilla coreana, la ardilla listada verdadera, la ardilla listada y el resto de ardillas) o, incluso, ratón cola de trompeta. Sin embargo, este pequeño caviomorfo endémico de Chile es usualmente denominado degú común, para distinguirlo de los otros miembros del género Octodon. El término degú por sí solo, no obstante, puede usarse para referirse al género Octodon o, de forma común, a Octodon degus. Otros caviomorfos con los que los degús están estrechamente relacionados son las chinchillas y los conejillos de Indias (ver infraorden Caviomorpha).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.2 kg
- Body length
- 0.24 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 14 years
Everything we know about the Common degu
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.2 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.23 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.24 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass2.08 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan14 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 14 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length3.59 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity187 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation90 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 90 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 5COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density650 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common degu yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyOctodontidae
- ›genusOctodon
- ›speciesOctodon degus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderHystricomorpha
- genusOctodon
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderHystricomorpha
- genusOctodon
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