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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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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
PlantsQueñoa (Polylepis tomentella)10/04/2025Diego Carus



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 631991
  Adult
Acceso a Inca Cueva
Jujuy
Argentina
04/10/2025
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 558316
  Adult
El Infiernillo
Tucumán
Argentina
11/29/2023
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 372292
  Adult
El Infiernillo
Tucumán
Argentina
12/26/2019
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 331855
  Adult
Los Cardones
Tucumán
Argentina
05/10/2019
Diego Carus



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 6636
  Adult
Acceso a Inca Cueva
Jujuy
Argentina
04/10/2025
Diego Carus



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
227901510/04/2025ArgentinaJujuyAcceso a Inca CuevaDiego Carus
227906908/04/2025ArgentinaJujuySanta Ana de Valle GrandeDiego Carus
192347029/11/2023ArgentinaTucumánQuebrada del Barón, El InfiernilloDiego Carus
175407810/03/2022ArgentinaTucumánVega a 4100 mtrs, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesDiego Carus
155735508/03/2022ArgentinaTucumánVega a 4100 mtrs, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesDiego Carus
116060626/12/2019ArgentinaTucumánQuebrada del Barón, El InfiernilloDiego Carus
116023120/12/2019ArgentinaTucumánVega a 4100 mtrs, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesDiego Carus
92233510/05/2019ArgentinaTucumánRío de Amaicha, Los CardonesDiego Carus
54853321/02/2017ArgentinaChubutÁrea Natural Protegida Piedra ParadaDiego Carus
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Mountain Viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 23/03/2026.