viscacha

The plains viscacha is the largest species in its family.

The long-term social unit of the plains viscacha is the female group.

There are two genera and four species of viscacha.

In some areas, the mountain viscacha will make up 53% of the Andean cat's prey items.

The plains viscacha is a large rodent, weighing up to 9 kg.

They suggested the English common name of "Ecuadorean mountain viscacha".

Together with the Viscacha, they form the Chinchillidae family.

In northern viscacha (L. peruanum), males tend to be promiscuous.

Viscacha rats are nocturnal and solitary, spending the day sheltering in rock crevices.

Wisk'achani (Aymara for "the one with viscacha") may refer to:

There are five extant species of viscacha:

In southern viscacha (L. viscacia), mating occurs from October through December.

It contains a single living species, the plains viscacha, and it is the only recent genus in the subfamily Lagostominae.

The northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) is a species of rodent in the family Chinchillidae.

The red viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) has a record C-value among mammals-9.2 pg.

The Viscacha is a member of the rodent family and is found in South American alpine grasslands.

Lagidium ahuacaense: a newly described species of mountain viscacha from the Ecuadorean Andes.

The plains viscacha can strip grassland used to graze livestock; this caused ranchers to consider the rodent a pest species.

Southern Viscacha, Vicuña, and Darwin's Rhea are endangered species.

Northern Viscacha (Lagidium peruanum)

Southern Viscacha (Lagidium viscacia)

The tetraploid (four sets) plains viscacha rats Tympanoctomys barrerae and Pipanacoctomys aureus.

The northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) occurs in the central and south Peru, and northern Chile.

Wolffsohn's viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni): Little is known about this species, as it is rarer than the other four viscachas.

Plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): Lives in the Pampas of Argentina and Chile.