Lagostomus
| Lagostomus | |
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| Plains viscacha | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Chinchillidae |
| Subfamily: | Lagostominae |
| Genus: | Lagostomus Brookes, 1828 |
| Species | |
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†Lagostomus crassus | |
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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.
References
- ↑ Spotorno, Angel E.; Patton, James L. (2015-03-09). "Superfamily Chinchilloidea Bennett, 1833". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D’Elía, Guillermo. Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. p. 780. ISBN 9780226169606.
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