species of viscacha are: The plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus), a resident of the Pampas of Argentina, is easily differentiated from other viscachas by black...
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The northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It is known from Peru and Chile, at elevations...
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The plains viscacha or plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It is the only living species...
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The southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru...
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Wolffsohn's viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni), locally known as chinchillón anaranjado, is a rare species of rodent in the family Chinchillidae. This species...
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Lagidium (redirect from Mountain viscacha)
viscacha (L. ahuacaense) Northern viscacha (L. peruanum) Southern viscacha (L. viscacia) Wolffsohn's viscacha (L. wolffsohni) The northern viscacha occurs...
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The plains viscacha rat, plains vizcacha rat, red viscacha rat, or red vizcacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae...
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Viscacha rats are a group of rodents in the family Octodontidae. All species are found in Argentina. They are placed in the following genera: Genus Octomys...
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The mountain viscacha rat or mountain vizcacha rat (Octomys mimax), historically viscacha rat or vizcacha rat, is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae...
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evolution within the family may have resulted from polyploidy. The red viscacha rat, Tympanoctomys barrerae, has been proposed to be a tetraploid, with...
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Lagostomus crassus (redirect from Peruvian Plains Viscacha)
Lagostomus crassus is an extinct species of viscacha that was native to Peru. It is known from a single skull found in southern Peru. The skull is not...
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The Chalchalero viscacha rat or Chalchalero vizcacha rat (Tympanoctomys loschalchalerosorum) is a species of caviomorph rodent in the family Octodontidae...
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The golden viscacha rat or golden vizcacha rat (Pipanacoctomys aureus) is the single species of the genus Pipanacoctomys of the rodent family Octodontidae...
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Andes is fragmented by deep valleys, and its preferred prey, mountain viscachas (Lagidium) occur in patchy colonies. Across this range, the level of genetic...
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Tympanoctomys Plains viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) Kirchner's viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum) Chalchalero viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys...
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family Chinchillidae. It contains a single living species, the plains viscacha, and it is the only Holocene genus in the subfamily Lagostominae. Rasia...
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Vizcachas Mountains (redirect from Viscachas Mountains)
The Vizcachas Mountains is a mountain range northwest of Santiago, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. It is part of the Chilean Coast Ranges System...
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Chinchillidae is in the order Rodentia and consists of the chinchillas, the viscachas, and their fossil relatives. This family is restricted to southern and...
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Tympanoctomys Plains viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) Kirchner's viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum) Chalchalero viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys...
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colonies in the wild are known only in Chile. Along with their relatives, viscachas, they make up the family Chinchillidae. They are also related to the chinchilla...
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Kirchner's viscacha rat or Kirchner's vizcacha rat (Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae described in 2014. It...
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the phylum Tardigrada tetraploid (four sets; 4x), for example, Plains viscacha rat, Salmonidae fish, the cotton Gossypium hirsutum pentaploid (five sets;...
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viscacha, Lagidium peruanum LC Southern viscacha, Lagidium viscacia LC Wolffsohn's viscacha, Lagidium wolffsohni DD Genus: Lagostomus Plains viscacha...
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include vultures and buzzards. Rabbits and hares portal Mara (mammal) Viscacha Hoffman, R.S.; Smith, A.T. (2005). "Order Lagomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.;...
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Tympanoctomys Plains viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) Kirchner's viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum) Chalchalero viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys...
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Tympanoctomys Plains viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) Kirchner's viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum) Chalchalero viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys...
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Chinchillidae (viscachas and chinchillas) Genus: Chinchilla Short-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla EN Genus: Lagidium Southern viscacha, Lagidium viscacia...
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porcupines Superfamily Chinchilloidea Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas, viscachas Family Dinomyidae: pacaranas Superfamily Cavioidea Family Caviidae: cavies...
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known for a mammal, but it has since been found that the plains viscacha rat or red viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) has 4x = 2n = 102. Roach, N.; Naylor...
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CR Genus: Lagidium Southern viscacha, Lagidium viscacia LC Northern viscacha, Lagidium peruanum LC Wolffsohn's viscacha, Lagidium wolffsohni DD Family:...
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