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Ecuadorean Viscacha

Lagidium ahuacaense

Classification

Lagidium ahuacaense is a rodent in the mountain viscacha genus (Lagidium) that occurs in southern Ecuador. First observed in 2005 and formally described in 2009, it occurs more than 500 km (310 mi) north of the nearest previously known population of mountain viscachas in central Peru. Only a single population is known.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru