Lagidium

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Lagidium
Southern Viscacha Lagidium viscacia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Chinchillidae Genus: Lagidium

Lagidium is a genus of rodent in the Chinchillidae family. It contains the following species:

• Northern Viscacha (Lagidium peruanum)
• Southern Viscacha (Lagidium viscacia)
• Wolffsohn's Viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni)

v • d • e Extant species of family Chinchillidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: Caviomorpha Chinchilla Long-tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) · Short-tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla brevicaudata) Lagidium Northern Viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) · Southern Viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) · Wolffsohn's Viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni) Lagostomus Plains Viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) Category