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--> GENUS Lagidium
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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