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Common Plains Viscacha

Lagostomus maximus
(Desmarest, 1817)
Vizcacha
Viscacha
Family: Chinchillidae
Order: Rodentia
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status: Least Concern

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GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)10/01/2015Mauricio Alberto Lescano



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 430378
  Adult
Balneario Reta
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/25/2020
Lucas Chillemi
Foto
Photography ID: 401101
  Adult
Partido de Villarino
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/14/2020
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 170341
  Adult
Bahía Blanca
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/06/2016
Diego Hernán Pérez
Foto
Photography ID: 142952
  Adult
Bahía Blanca
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/17/2016
Diego Hernán Pérez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240776430/12/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino al Club de Pesca Saavedra, Saavedra1Diego Oscar
229123824/05/202517:55ArgentinaBuenos AiresRuta Nacional 3 4212Filippo Riffaldi
229040224/05/202517:55ArgentinaBuenos AiresRuta Nacional 3 4212Santiago Juan Torres
224752915/11/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresRuta Provincial 11 158Marcelo Gavensky
215459321/09/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresTandil1Santiago Juan Torres
224931311/09/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresCoronel Suárez1Facundo Moyano Peña
196756804/02/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresRuta Prov. 74 km 230, TandilLiliana Rubilar Puerta
192150130/11/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino sin nombrarMarcelo Gavensky
189949320/10/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresRuta Provincial 74 259-253Santiago Juan Torres
180866114/08/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresTandilSantiago Juan Torres
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Plains Viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.