Genus of mammals belonging to the chinchilla family of rodents
Lagostomus
Plains viscacha
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Chinchillidae
Subfamily:
Lagostominae
Genus:
Lagostomus Brookes, 1828
Species
†Lagostomus crassus?
Lagostomus maximus
†Lagostomus telenkechanum[1]
Synonyms
Viscacia (Rengger, 1830)[2]
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.
^Rasia, Luciano L., and Adriana M. Candela. 2016. Lagostomus telenkechanum, sp. nov., a new lagostomine rodent (Caviomorpha, Chinchillidae) from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (late Miocene; Buenos Aires Province, Argentina). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(1). e1239205. Accessed 2019-02-04.
^Spotorno, Angel E.; Patton, James L. (2015-03-09). "Superfamily Chinchilloidea Bennett, 1833". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D’Elía, Guillermo (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. p. 780. ISBN 9780226169606.
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...
vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It is the only living species within the genus Lagostomus. It...
that Lagostomus crassus is not a valid taxon, and merely a plains viscacha that was transported to Peru in ancient times. Roach, N. (2016). "Lagostomus crassus"...
/vɪˈskætʃə/, US: /vɪˈskɑːtʃə/) are rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in the family Chinchillidae. They are native to South America and convergently...
small-clawed toes in Lagidium and Chinchilla but three large-clawed toes in Lagostomus, a digging species. Their dental formula is 1.0.1.31.0.1.3 and their incisors...
Lagostominae is a subfamily of the family Chinchillidae. It contains the genus Lagostomus and two extinct genera, Prolagostomus and Pliolagostomus. Rasia, Luciano...
Genus Cuscomys Family Chinchillidae Genus Chinchilla Genus Lagidium Genus Lagostomus Family Dinomyidae Genus Dinomys - pacarana Family Erethizontidae Genus...
canescens has been found to be dominant in areas around plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) colonies; this seems to be because the plant's low growth habit...
Accessed 2019-02-12. Rasia, Luciano L., and Adriana M. Candela. 2016. Lagostomus telenkechanum, sp. nov., a new lagostomine rodent (Caviomorpha, Chinchillidae)...
Leopardus pajeros. Other mammals include a large rodent, the plains viscacha Lagostomus maximus, and the largest native animal on the reserve, the guanaco Lama...
degrees Fahrenheit. This subspecies commonly associates with Viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) burrows, preying on the rodents and using their burrows as refuge...
poorly differentiated from L. viscacia. Together with the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) and the chinchillas (Chinchilla), Lagidium forms the rodent family...
Rasia, L. L.; R. A. Bonini, and A. M. Candela. 2020. Nuevos registros de Lagostomus Brookes, 1828 (Rodentia, Chinchillidae) en el Mioceno tardío de Argentina...
plains viscacha: Viscacia (Rengger, 1830), which is a genus synonym for Lagostomus ; a cricetid rodent, the large vesper mouse: Calomys callosus (Rengger...
vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus). J Zool (Lond). 229:473–491 Giulietti J, Jackson J. 1986. Composición anual de la dieta de la vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus)...
Argentina Brazil Peru Bolivia Argentina Venezuela Cardiatherium Lagostomus Macroeuphractus Proeuphractus Pronothrotherium Pseudotypotherium Thylacosmilus...
Accessed 2019-02-12. Rasia, Luciano L., and Adriana M. Candela. 2016. Lagostomus telenkechanum, sp. nov., a new lagostomine rodent (Caviomorpha, Chinchillidae)...
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