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Lagidium Southern Viscacha
Lagidium viscaciaScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Chinchillidae Genus: Lagidium Lagidium is a genus of rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It contains the following species:
- Northern Viscacha (Lagidium peruanum)
- Southern Viscacha (Lagidium viscacia)
- Wolffsohn's Viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni)
- Lagidium ahuacaense - a new species from Ecuador described in June 2009.[1]
References
- ^ Ledesma, K. J.; Werner, F. A.; Spotorno, A. E.; Albuja, L. H. (2009-06-05). "A new species of Mountain Viscacha (Chinchillidae: Lagidium Meyen) from the Ecuadorean Andes". Zootaxa 212: 41–57. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02126p057f.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: CaviomorphaChinchilla Lagidium
(Mountain viscachas)Lagostomus Categories:- Rodent stubs
- Chinchillidae
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