Lagostomus
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| Lagostomus | |
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| Plains Viscacha | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Chinchillidae |
| Subfamily: | Lagostominae |
| Genus: | Lagostomus |
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†Lagostomus crassus | |
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 recent genus in the subfamily Lagostominae.
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