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SPECIES Lagidium viscacia

Author:Molina, 1782.
Citation:Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile: 307.
Common Name:Southern Moutain Viscacha
Type Locality:Chile, Santiago Prov., Cordillera de Santiago.
Distribution:W Argentina, S and W Bolivia, N Chile, S Peru.
Status:IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Karyotype of boxi reported to have 2n=64 and FN=126 (George and Weir, 1974).
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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

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