Mountain Viscacha
Lagidium viscacia
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The southern viscacha is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. It is a colonial animal living in small groups in rocky mountain areas. It has long ears and hind legs and resembles a rabbit in appearance apart from its long, bushy tail; however, it is not a lagomorph.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Chinchillidae
- Genus
- Lagidium