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    The family Chinchillidae is in the order Rodentia and consists of the chinchillas, the viscachas, and their fossil relatives. This family is restricted...
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    Viscacha (category Chinchillidae)
    rare rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in the family Chinchillidae. They are native to South America and convergently resemble rabbits...
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    Chile. Along with their relatives, viscachas, they make up the family Chinchillidae. They are also related to the chinchilla rat. The chinchilla has the...
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    nutrias Family Capromyidae: hutias Superfamily Chinchilloidea Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas and allies Family Dinomyidae: pacaranas Pangolins, another...
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    ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. Bennett, E.T. (1835). "On the Chinchillidae, a family of herbivorous Rodentia, and on a new genus referrible [sic]...
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    short-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla) is a small rodent part of the Chinchillidae family and is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. Originating...
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    Southern viscacha (category Chinchillidae)
    (Lagidium viscacia) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. It is a colonial animal...
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    Northern viscacha (category Chinchillidae)
    (Lagidium peruanum) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It is known from Peru and Chile, at elevations from 300 to 5000 m,...
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    Capromyidae (hutias) Caviidae (guinea pigs, wild cavies, and capybaras) Chinchillidae (chinchillas and viscachas) Ctenomyidae (tuco-tucos) Cuniculidae (pacas)...
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    Lagidium (category Chinchillidae)
    Lagidium is a genus of rodents in the family Chinchillidae. Prior to 2009, most authors considered there to be three species of mountain viscachas. However...
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