Southern viscacha

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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
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

Facts about the southern viscacha

The small rodent Lagidium viscacia is among the mammals present.

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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