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Northern Mountain Viscacha

Lagidium peruanum Meyen 1833

Lagidium peruanum (Northern Mountain Viscacha) is a species ofrodents in the familyChinchillidae. They are native toThe Neotropics. They arediurnalherbivores. Individuals are known to live for 234 months and can grow to 342.37 mm. Reproduction isviviparous.

URI:https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg

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URI:https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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URI:http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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URI:http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Viviparous
Definition: 1) Producing live offspring from within the body of the parent (Lincoln et al., 1998). 2) Development of an embryo within the body of the parent, in part, resources passing directly from parent to embryo (Barnes et al., 2006).
Attribution:Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. Barnes R.S.K., Calow P., Olive P.J.W., Golding, D.W, and Spicer, J.I. 2006. The invertebrates: a new synthesis, Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd.http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Viviparous

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EOL has data for51 attributes, including:

body shape
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI:http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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diet breadth
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/DietBreadth
- Definition: Number of dietary categories eaten by an organism.
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2
ecomorphological guild
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/groundDwelling
- Definition: An organism that spends most of its time on the ground or underground.
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first appearance
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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holocene epoch
- URI:http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Holocene
- Attribution:International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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geographic distribution includes
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Peru
- URI:http://www.geonames.org/3932488
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geographic range (size of area)
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/GeographicRangeArea
- Definition: The total extent of the geographic range of an organism.
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410167.5 km^2
litters per year
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/LittersPerYear
- Definition: Number of litters per female per year
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2
mating system
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/MatingSystem
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not monogamous
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/notMonogamous
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native range includes
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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The Neotropics
- URI:https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
- Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
- Attribution:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg
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prenatal development duration
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrenatalDevelopmentDuration
- Definition: The duration of the development from fertilized, deposited or implanted egg to hatching/birth. Corresponds to egg incubation duration in oviparous animals and to gestation period duration in viviparous animals.
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140 days
social system
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/SocialSystem
- Definition: Description of the relationships among individuals within a population of organisms, including reproductive relationships (mating system), relationships within each sex, adult – young interactions, helpers and cooperation (group living).
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group living
- URI:http://eol.org/schema/terms/socialGroupLiving
- Definition: where individuals of the same species (conspecifics), maintain spatial proximity with one another over time with mechanisms of social attraction
- Attribution:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_living
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temperature in geographic range
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9.447 0.1°c

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Northern Mountain Viscacha.View this species on GBIF

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Northern Mountain Viscacha

Lagidium peruanum Meyen 1833

Northern Mountain Viscacha includes7 children: