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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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Records from Parque Nacional El Palmar

Conservation status: Least Concern

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Latest feeding records
Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by
GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)29/07/2025Andrea Casaburi



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 649693
  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
08/27/2025
Peter Vidana
Foto
Photography ID: 648173
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/30/2025
Andrea Casaburi
Foto
Photography ID: 627462
  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
03/02/2025
Pablo Richter
Foto
Photography ID: 627461
  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
03/02/2025
Pablo Richter
Foto
Photography ID: 590934
  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
06/22/2024
Carlos F. Danti



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240297924/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El Palmar10Elsa Longo
235518027/08/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCamping, Parque Nacional El PalmarGaston Lisandro Gabinetti
235096627/08/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCamino de acceso, Parque Nacional El PalmarPeter Vidana
234352330/07/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosÁrea de servicios, Parque Nacional El PalmarAndrea Casaburi
228232502/05/202519:01ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El Palmar5Gustavo Fernando Durán
226446102/03/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarPablo Richter
224258825/01/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
225025013/12/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El Palmar15Faustino Hollmann
226151514/11/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarGuillermo Marcaida
223629214/11/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarElsa Longo
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Plains Viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 15/03/2026.