vizcacha

But as soon as these wild regions are settled by man the pumas are exterminated, and the sole remaining foe of the vizcacha is the fox, comparatively an insignificant one.

The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

I have also mentioned that the vizcacha is a tame familiar creature.

The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

The vizcacha is the most common rodent on the pampas, and the Rodent order is represented by the largest number of species.

The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

The mountain vizcacha (Lagdium viscacia) is a large rodent in the chinchilla family that inhabits rocky outcrops in the high Andes Mountains of central Chile.

Biological diversity in the Chilean winter rainfall-valdivian forests 2009

Growth rates in vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) in San Luis, Argentina.

Chapter 11 1991

Ecologia de la vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus Blainv.) en el nordeste de la provincia de Entre Rios.

Chapter 11 1991

Others may soon follow the same dismal route, including the beautiful cloud rat of the Philippines, the hare-like mare of Argentina, the vizcacha of southern South America, and the gentle hutias of the Caribbean.

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Other rodents might also be suited to domestication; for instance, the potentially tamable, clean-living species of South American fields and woodlands - agouti, capybara, hutia, mare, coypu, pace, and vizcacha.

Chapter 3 1991

This could be organized so as to keep vizcacha numbers in check while sustaining a small chain of processing plants by providing a constant supply of meat and skins.

15 Agouti 1991

City markets in different parts of Latin America carry guinea pig, pace, capybara, and vizcacha.

15 Agouti 1991