Southern Viscacha

Southern Viscacha
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Chinchillidae
Genus: Lagidium
Species: L. viscacia
Binomial name
Lagidium viscacia
(Molina, 1782)

The Southern Viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) is a species of rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

References

  1. ^ Dunnum, J., Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Zeballos, H., Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C. (2008). Lagidium viscacia. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.