Viscacha | |
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Asouthern viscacha in the Atacama desert, Chile | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Superfamily: | Chinchilloidea |
Family: | Chinchillidae |
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Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa | |
Viscachaorvizcacha (UK: /vɪˈskætʃə/, US: /vɪˈskɑːtʃə/) are rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in the family Chinchillidae. They are native to South America and convergently resemble rabbits.[1]
The five extant species of viscacha are: