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Viscacha

Lagidium peruanum

Photo by KarenSaxton
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Field Notes

Description:

small secretive rodent in the chinchilla family that lives in rocky areas. Difficult to see at best, as they sleep during the day and are out duck and dawn. We saw this one and one other as we were heading back from exploring macchu pichu

Habitat:

macchu pichu

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