What is Common degu?
[[File:Octodon_degus_-Heidelberg_Zoo,_Germany-8a.jpg|alt=A common degu at Heidelberg Zoo, Germany|thumb|At [[Heidelberg Zoo]], [[Germany]]]] The '''common degu''' is a small [[rodent]] from [[Chile]]. They live in the [[Chilean matorral]] in [[central Chile]].<ref>C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2013. Chilean Matorral. Ed. Mark McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC</ref> They are related to [[chinchilla]]s and [[guinea pig]]s. The word ''degu'' comes from the indigenous language of Chile, [[Mapudungun]], and the word ''dewü'', meaning 'mouse' or 'rat'.<ref>Muñoz Urrutia, Rafael, ed. (2006), Diccionario Mapuche: Mapudungun/Español, Español/Mapudungun (in Spanish) (2nd ed.), Santiago, Chile: Editorial Centro Gráfico, pp. 104, 105, 141, {{ISBN|978-956-8287-99-3}}</ref> == References == <references /> [[Category:Rodents]] [[Category:Mammals of South America]]