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The author studies an equation of the form \[ u_t = (\phi (u)\psi (u_x))_x, \quad (x,t)\in\mathbb{R}\times (0,\infty), \] where \(\phi : \mathbb{R}^+\mapsto \mathbb{R}^+\) is smooth, \(\phi\in C[0,+\infty)\), \(\phi(0)=0\), \(\phi'(s)>0\;(s>0)\), \(\lim_{s\to +0}s/\phi (s) =0\), and \(\psi :\mathbb{R}\mapsto \mathbb{R}\) is a strictly increasing smooth function with \(\lim_{s\to +\infty}\psi(s)= \psi_{\infty}<\infty.\) The above equation is of degenerate parabolic type and the main results of this paper can be stated as follows: If the initial function \(u_0:\mathbb{R}\mapsto \mathbb{R}\) is bounded, strictly increasing and \(\lim_{x\to - \infty} u_0(x)=0\), \(\lim_{x\to +\infty}u_0(x) = A\), \(u_0'(x)=O(u_0(x))\) for \(x\to - \infty\), \(u_0(x)=O(A-u_0(x))\) for \(x\to +\infty\), then the Cauchy problem has at least one solution \(u\in L^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}^+)\cap BV_{loc}(\mathbb{R}\times [0,\infty)).\) The solution possesses the following properties: \(u\) is not necessarily continuous, even if \(u_0\) is continuous; \(u\) satisfies an entropy-type condition if at some point \((x,t)\in \mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}^+, u(x+0,t) > u(x- 0,t)\) and one is necessary for uniqueness of solutions.