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Southern viscacha

Southern viscacha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Chinchillidae
Genus: Lagidium
Species:
L. viscacia
Binomial name
Lagidium viscacia
(Molina, 1782)

The southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. It is a colonial animal living in small groups in rocky mountain areas. It has long ears and hind legs and resembles a rabbit in appearance apart from its long, bushy tail, but is not a lagomorph.

  1. ^ Bernal, N. (2016). "Lagidium viscacia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T11148A22190789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11148A22190789.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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