| Southern 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. viscacia
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| Binomial name | |
| Lagidium viscacia (Molina, 1782)
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The southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) 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, but is not a lagomorph.
- ^ Bernal, N. (2016). "Lagidium viscacia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T11148A22190789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11148A22190789.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.