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Lagostomus trichodactylus
Viscacha Vis*ca"cha, Viz-cacha Viz-ca"cha, n. [Sp.] (Zo["o]l.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha.

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- 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...
- extant species; the taxa Lagostomus cr****us is probably not valid. Rasia, Luciano L.; Candela, Adriana M. (2016), "Lagostomus telenkechanum, sp. nov.,...
- /vɪˈskætʃə/, US: /vɪˈskɑːtʃə/) are rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in the family Chinchillidae. They are native to South America and convergently...
- that Lagostomus cr****us is not a valid taxon, and merely a plains viscacha that was transported to Peru in ancient times. Roach, N. (2016). "Lagostomus cr****us"...
- 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...
- Abrocomidae Abrocoma Cuscomys †Protabrocoma Chinchillidae Chinchilla †Eoviscaccia †Incamys Lagidium Lagostomus †Pliolagostomus †Prolagostomus Erethizontoidea...
- mont**** Miller, 1922 Rodentia early 1500s 1 Hispaniola Dwarf viscacha Lagostomus cr****us Thomas, 1910 Rodentia early 1900s 1 Peru Galápagos giant rat Megaoryzomys...
- LC Wolffsohn's viscacha, Lagidium wolffsohni DD Genus: Lagostomus Plains viscacha, Lagostomus maximus LC Family: Dinomyidae (pacarana) Genus: Dinomys...
- Abrocomidae Abrocoma Cuscomys †Protabrocoma Chinchillidae Chinchilla †Eoviscaccia †Incamys Lagidium Lagostomus †Pliolagostomus †Prolagostomus Erethizontoidea...
- Genus Cuscomys Family Chinchillidae Genus Chinchilla Genus Lagidium Genus Lagostomus Family Dinomyidae Genus Dinomys - pacarana Family Erethizontidae Genus...