Lagostomus
Sign in to saveLagostomus 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
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyChinchillidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Chinchillidae
- Collections
- CM, UF, UCONN, AMNH, CMN, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lagostominae
- Image
- Lagostomus maximus-1-WilhelmaZoo-Stuttgart.JPG
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- Commons category
- Lagostomus
- taxon name
- Lagostomus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Lagostomus
- temporal range start
- Miocene
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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.
== References ==
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