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SPECIES Lagidium peruanum

Author:Meyen, 1833.
Citation:Nouv. Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., 16(2): 578.
Common Name:Northern Mountain Viscacha
Type Locality:Peru Puno Dept., Pisacoma.
Distribution:C and S Peru, N Chile.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Unknown.
Comments:Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=126 (George and Weir, 1974).
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SUBSPECIES peruanum

SUBSPECIES arequipe

SUBSPECIES inca

SUBSPECIES pallipes

SUBSPECIES punensis

SUBSPECIES saturata

SUBSPECIES subrosea

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