Latitudinal range: -36.5° to -30.7°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (3), Mediterranean woodland (2)

Found in 6 samples

Chile: Fundo San Carlos de Apoquindo (September), Burca, Fray Jorge National Park, Dichato, Las Chinchillas Natural Reserve (equatorial-facing slopes, spring 1987), Taguatagua 1 (Late Pleistocene)

See also Octodon bridgesi, Octodon bridgesii, Octodon degus, Octodon lunatus