Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Full reference: M. G. Vucetich. 1989. Rodents (Mammalia) of the Lacayani fauna revisited (Deseadan, Bolivia). Comparison with new Chinchillidae and Cephalomyidae from Argentina. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 11(4):233-247
Parent taxon: Chinchillidae according to M. A. Pérez et al. 2018
See also Arnal and Vucetich 2015, Bertrand et al. 2012, Kramarz 2002, Vucetich 1989 and Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Chinchilla, Incamys, Lagidium, Lagostominae, Miochinchilla, Pliolagostomus, Prolagostomus, Scotamys, Sphodromys
Subtaxa: Eoviscaccia australis Eoviscaccia boliviana Eoviscaccia frassinettii
Type: Eoviscaccia boliviana
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (8 collections)
• Deseadan of Argentina (3), Bolivia (2)
• Oligocene of Chile (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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