Lagidium

Translingual

Lagidium viscacia

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) +‎ -idium

Proper noun

Lagidium n

A taxonomic genus within the family Chinchillidae – most of the viscachas.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Chinchilloidea - superfamily; Chinchillidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Lagidium viscacia (southern viscacha)Lagidium peruanum (northern viscacha), Lagidium wolffsohni (Wolffsohn's viscacha), Lagidium ahuacaense (species)

References

Lagidium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lagidium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lagidium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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