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Common Mountain Viscacha

Lagidium viscacia
Chinchillón
Family: Chinchillidae
Order: Rodentia
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status: Least Concern

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Foto
Photography ID: 663357
  Adult
Ruta 7 Salta
Jujuy
Argentina
11/15/2025
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 577325
  Adult
RN 60
Catamarca
Argentina
01/14/2024
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 432096
  Juvenile
Uspallata
Mendoza
Argentina
01/24/2021
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 432095
  Adult
Uspallata
Mendoza
Argentina
01/24/2021
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 146058
  Adult
Yavi
Jujuy
Argentina
03/26/2016
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 146053
♂ ♀ Abra de Lizoite
Jujuy
Argentina
03/25/2016
Federico J. Villegas



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240064515/11/2025ArgentinaJujuyRuta 7 SaltaFederico J. Villegas
201434014/01/2024ArgentinaCatamarcaCamino a los Seismiles, RN 60 Federico J. Villegas
156506317/03/2022ArgentinaTucumánParque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesFederico J. Villegas
151101720/11/2021ArgentinaCatamarcaCamino de los SeismilesFederico J. Villegas
136434524/01/2021ArgentinaMendozaRuta Prov. 52, camino a Villavicencio, UspallataFederico J. Villegas
42318426/03/2016ArgentinaJujuyYaviFederico J. Villegas
42317925/03/2016ArgentinaJujuyAbra de LizoiteFederico J. Villegas
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Mountain Viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.