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Lagostomus

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Lagostomus is a South American genus of rodents in the family Chinchillidae. It contains a single living species, the plains viscacha, and it is the only Holocene genus in the subfamily Lagostominae. It probably only has one extant species; the taxa Lagostomus crassus is probably not valid.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderRodentia
  5. FamilyChinchillidae
Observations recorded2,155

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
7
Family
Chinchillidae
Collections
CM, UF, UCONN, AMNH, CMN, ANSP
Recorded in
Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay

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Lagostomus is a South American genus of rodents in the family Chinchillidae. It contains a single living species, the plains viscacha, and it is the only Holocene genus in the subfamily Lagostominae. It probably only has one extant species; the taxa Lagostomus crassus is probably not valid.

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