Lagostomus
Genus of mammals belonging to the chinchilla family of rodents / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Lagostomus | |
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Plains viscacha | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Chinchillidae |
Subfamily: | Lagostominae |
Genus: | Lagostomus Brookes, 1828 |
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