Detailed Record for Octomys mimax

Common Name: Viscacha rat

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Eutheria / Order Rodentia / Family Octodontidae / Genus Octomys

C-value (pg): 3.80

Chromosome Number (2n): 56

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Not specified

Standard Species: Not specified

References:
Gallardo, M.H., J.W. Bickham, R.L. Honeycutt, R.A. Ojeda, and N. Köhler (1999). Discovery of tetraploidy in a mammal. Nature 401: 341.

Other records available for this species:

Octomys mimax = 4.00 (pg)

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