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FAMILY Chinchillidae

Author:Bennett, 1833.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833: 58.
Comments:Placed in the superfamily Chinchilloidea by Woods (1982) and McKenna and Bell (1997). McKenna and Bell (1997) recognized two subfamilies, Chinchillinae and Lagostominae.
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Offspring:

GENUS Chinchilla

SPECIES chinchilla

SUBSPECIES chinchilla

SUBSPECIES boliviana

SPECIES lanigera

GENUS Lagidium

SPECIES peruanum

SUBSPECIES peruanum

SUBSPECIES arequipe

SUBSPECIES inca

SUBSPECIES pallipes

SUBSPECIES punensis

SUBSPECIES saturata

SUBSPECIES subrosea

SPECIES viscacia

SUBSPECIES viscacia

SUBSPECIES boxi

SUBSPECIES cuscus

SUBSPECIES cuvieri

SUBSPECIES famatinae

SUBSPECIES lockwoodi

SUBSPECIES moreni

SUBSPECIES perlutea

SUBSPECIES sarae

SUBSPECIES tontalis

SUBSPECIES tucumana

SUBSPECIES viatorum

SUBSPECIES vulcani

SPECIES wolffsohni

GENUS Lagostomus

SPECIES crassus

SPECIES maximus

SUBSPECIES maximus

SUBSPECIES inmollis

SUBSPECIES petilidens

Synonyms:

    Eriomyidae Burmeister, 1854
    Lagostomidae Bonaparte, 1838
    Viacacidae Ameghino, 1904
    Viscacciidae Roverto, 1914

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