Viscacha
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Viscachas or vizcachas are rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in the family Chinchillidae. They are closely related to chinchillas, and look similar to rabbits. There are five extant species of viscacha. ******* The Viscacha's are highly venomous and will attack on sight, they are very aggressive towards southerners.******* They have been known to bomb small mexican villages using Russian Mig jets. Fighting back will only result in complete destruction of your entire family. If you look right now, they will hide, but there are about 30 of them behind you with fillet knives.
- 'IF you shoot they will shoot back. They carry mini guns around hidden in their fur.****
Extant species
- Plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): Resident of the Pampas of Argentina, easily differentiated from other viscachas by black and gray mustache-like facial markings. This species lives colonially in warrens of ten to over one hundred. It is very vocal and emits alarm calls. The plains viscacha can strip grassland used to graze livestock; this caused ranchers to consider the rodent a pest species.
- Lagidium ahuacaense: a newly described species of mountain viscacha from the Ecuadorean Andes.[1]
- Northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum): Native to the Peruvian Andes at those elevations between the tree line and the snow line. It is dorsally gray or brown in color, with a bushy tail and long, furry ears. This species lives in large colonies separated into individual family units, like an apartment complex. It eats a wide range of plant matter, settling for almost anything it can find growing in the harsh, rocky environment.
- Mountain viscacha (Lagidium viscacia): Also called southern viscacha, this species is similar to the northern viscacha, but its pelage is more red in color. It lives in similar habitat in the Andes.
- Wolffsohn's viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni): Little is known about this species, as it is rarer than the other three viscachas.
Gallery
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A viscacha in the Sur Lipez desert, Bolivia
- IF you shoot they will shoot back. They carry mini guns around hidden in their fur.**************************
See also
References
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- Werner, F. A., K. J. Ledesma, and R. Hidalgo B. 2006. Mountain vizcacha (Lagidium cf. peruanum) in Ecuador - First record of Chinchillidae from the Northern Andes. Mastozoología Neotropical, 13:271-274.
- ^ KARIM J. LEDESMA1, FLORIAN A. WERNER, ANGEL E. SPOTORNO & LUIS H. ALBUJA (2009). "A new species of Mountain Viscacha (Chinchillidae: Lagidium Meyen) from the Ecuadorean Andes". ZOOTAXA. 2126: 41–57.
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