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Lagidium viscacia (southern viscacha)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae

Taxonomy
Lepus viscacia was named by Molina (1782). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lagidium viscacia by Osgood (1943), Elissamburu and Vizcaíno (2004) and Ledesma et al. (2009).

Subspecies

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1782Lepus viscacia Molina
1896Lagidium lutescens Philippi p. 8
1943Lagidium viscacia Osgood p. 137
2004Lagidium viscacia Elissamburu and Vizcaíno
2009Lagidium viscacia Ledesma et al. p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
familyChinchillidaeBennett 1833
genusLagidiumMeyen 1833
speciesviscacia(Molina 1782)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lagidium viscacia Molina 1782 [southern viscacha]
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Invalid names: Lagidium lutescens Philippi 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available