Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Octodontidae Waterhouse, 1840 - octodonts
       Genus Octodon Bennett, 1832 - degus
         1 Octodon bridgesi Waterhouse, 1845 - Bridges's degu
         2 Octodon degus (Molina, 1782) - degu
         3 Octodon lunatus Osgood, 1943 - moon-toothed degu