Lagostomus

Lagostomus
	Plains viscacha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Chinchillidae
Subfamily:	Lagostominae
Genus:	Lagostomus; Brookes, 1828
Type species
	Lagostomus trichodactylus; Brookes, 1828; (= Dipus maximus Desmarest, 1817)
Species
	†Lagostomus crassus?; Lagostomus maximus; †Lagostomus telenkechanum;
Synonyms
	Viscacia (Rengger, 1830)

Lagostomus is a South American genus of rodents in the family Chinchillidae. It contains a single living species, the plains viscacha, and it is the only Holocene genus in the subfamily Lagostominae. It probably only has one extant species; the taxa Lagostomus crassus is probably not valid.^[3]

References

^ Rasia, Luciano L.; Candela, Adriana M. (2016), "Lagostomus telenkechanum, sp. nov., a new lagostomine rodent (Caviomorpha, Chinchillidae) from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (late Miocene; Buenos Aires Province, Argentina)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37 (1): e1239205, doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1239205, hdl:11336/72389, retrieved 2019-02-04
^ Spotorno, Angel E.; Patton, James L. (2015-03-09). "Superfamily Chinchilloidea Bennett, 1833". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D’Elía, Guillermo (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. p. 780. ISBN 9780226169606.
^ Spotorno, A.; Patton, J.L. (2015). "Superfamily Chinchilloidea Bennett 1833". Mammals of South America. Volume 2, Rodents. The University of Chicago Press. pp. 762–782.

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[RasiaCandela2016-1] Rasia, Luciano L.; Candela, Adriana M. (2016), "Lagostomus telenkechanum, sp. nov., a new lagostomine rodent (Caviomorpha, Chinchillidae) from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (late Miocene; Buenos Aires Province, Argentina)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37 (1): e1239205, doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1239205, hdl:11336/72389, retrieved 2019-02-04

[Spotorno2015-2] Spotorno, Angel E.; Patton, James L. (2015-03-09). "Superfamily Chinchilloidea Bennett, 1833". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D’Elía, Guillermo (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. p. 780. ISBN 9780226169606.

[3] Spotorno, A.; Patton, J.L. (2015). "Superfamily Chinchilloidea Bennett 1833". Mammals of South America. Volume 2, Rodents. The University of Chicago Press. pp. 762–782.

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