Southern viscacha



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Some facts about the
Mountain viscacha

Adult weight : 1.54 kg (3.388 lbs)

Maximum longevity : 20 years

Gestation : 134 days

Litter size : 2

Weight at birth : 0.26 kg (0.572 lbs)

Source: AnAge, licensed under CC

Southern viscacha

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Chinchillidae
Species : Lagidium viscacia

 

The Southern viscacha is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru

Facts about the southern viscacha

The small rodent Lagidium viscacia is among the mammals present. (Full text)

vizcacha -- Parque Nacional Lauca, Chile the mountain vizcacha (Lagidium Viscacia) is a rodent (relative of the chinchilla) endemic in the Andes (Full text)

1. slowdown, lag, retardation -- (the act of slowing down or falling behind)
slowdown
lag
retardation
2. interim, lag -- (the time between one event, process, or period and another)
interim
lag
3. stave, lag -- (one of several thin pieces of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket)
stave
lag
(Source WordNet)

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