Order Rodentia - Family Octodontidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1570 1573 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Octodon bridgesi Waterhouse 1844 Octodon bridgesi Waterhouse 1844 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844: 155 . Type Locality: Chile , Curico Prov., Rio Teno. Vernacular Names: Bridges's Degu . Distribution: Chilean Andes from 34 ^o 15’ to at least 40 ^o S ( Redford and Eisenberg, 1992 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Once common, but now quite rare ( Redford and Eisenberg, 1992 ). Discussion: Massoia (1979:36) reported Octodon , perhaps bridgesi , from S Argentina . Karyotype has 2n=58 and FN=112 (Gallardo, 1992).