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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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La PazMallínParque Nacional El PalmarColonia Carlos PellegriniEstancia La Paz, Mocoretá, Departamento Monte CaserosBenito JuárezÁrea Natural Protegida Don SebastiánCercanías de CharacatoPlomerSan CarlosÁrea Natural Protegida Punta TomboNote that in the map, no fully geographic distributions are provided. Only species detected and then marked by the members are. Therefore it's important that all of us may contribute to get it constantly updated.

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Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by
GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)29/07/2025Andrea Casaburi
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)10/01/2015Mauricio Alberto Lescano



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Foto
Photography ID: 443629
♂ ♀  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/30/2016
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 293910
♂ ♀  Adult
Cercanías de Characato
Córdoba
Argentina
05/10/2018
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 293909
♂ ♀  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/09/2018
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 25983
♂ ♀  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
08/01/2013
Graciela Alcantara



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
204029503/06/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El Palmar20Nicolas Olejnik
163971514/11/2019ArgentinaChubutÁrea Natural Protegida Punta TomboWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
85920420/12/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarLuis Emilio Lorenzo
82520509/07/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarWalter Bustamante
83738825/05/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarSebastián Martín Santiago
82520710/05/2018ArgentinaCórdobaCercanías de CharacatoWalter Bustamante
115384401/04/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresPlomerRomán Montero
65615809/12/2017ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarRomán Montero
52663209/01/2017ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarDavid Gustavo Vera
52660407/01/2017ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarDavid Gustavo Vera
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Plains Viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.