- Kingdom – Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
- Phylum – Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
- Subphylum – Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
- Class – Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
- Subclass – Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
- Infraclass – Eutheria Gill, 1872
- Order – Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents
- Suborder – Hystricognatha Woods, 1976
- Infraorder – Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855 – hystricognath rodents
- Family – Octodontidae Waterhouse, 1840
- Genus – Octodon Bennett, 1832
- Species – Octodon degus (Molina, 1782) – Degu
Список литературы
[1] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species