Northern viscacha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Chinchillidae |
Genus: | Lagidium |
Species: | L. peruanum
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Binomial name | |
Lagidium peruanum Meyen, 1833
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The northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae.[2] It is known from Peru and Chile, at elevations from 300 to 5000 m, and may also be present in Bolivia.[1]