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Northern viscacha

Northern viscacha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Chinchillidae
Genus: Lagidium
Species:
L. peruanum
Binomial name
Lagidium peruanum
Meyen, 1833

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]

  1. ^ a b Pacheco, V.; Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. & Bernal, N. (2008). "Lagidium peruanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  2. ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1551. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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