Definition of Viscachas. Meaning of Viscachas. Synonyms of Viscachas

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Definition of Viscachas

Viscacha
Viscacha Vis*ca"cha, Viz-cacha Viz-ca"cha, n. [Sp.] (Zo["o]l.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha.

Meaning of Viscachas from wikipedia

- species of viscacha are: The plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus), a resident of the Pampas of Argentina, is easily differentiated from other viscachas by black...
- southern viscacha". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 2013-10-04. Myers, Phil (2002). "Chinchillidae: chinchillas and viscachas". Animal...
- northern viscacha's whistle. The bolivian big-eared mouse will sun and feed alongside northern viscachas on occasion. The northern viscacha is common...
- unit of the plains viscacha is the female group. Resident males disappear each year and new males join groups of females. Viscachas live in colonies that...
- viscachas live in extensive networks of burrows on plains where it is said that ten viscachas can eat as much as does one sheep. Mountain viscachas and...
- Wolffsohn's viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni), locally known as chinchillón anaranjado, is a rare species of rodent in the family Chinchillidae. This species...
- to 2009, most authors considered there to be three species of mountain viscachas. However, taxonomy sometimes differs by authors (e.g. L. peruanum is included...
- The plains viscacha rat, plains vizcacha rat, red viscacha rat, or red vizcacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae...
- The Vizcachas Mountains is a mountain range northwest of Santiago, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. It is part of the Chilean Coast Ranges System...
- The golden viscacha rat or golden vizcacha rat (Pipanacoctomys aureus) is the single species of the genus Pipanacoctomys of the rodent family Octodontidae...