| Northern viscacha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Chinchillidae |
| Genus: | Lagidium |
| Species: | L. peruanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Lagidium peruanum Meyen, 1833
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The northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae.[2] It is known from Peru and Chile, at elevations from 300 to 5000 m, and may also be present in Bolivia.[1]
- ^ a b Pacheco, V.; Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. & Bernal, N. (2008). "Lagidium peruanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1551. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.