Viscacha

HELAMYS s. (gr. hĂȘlos, marsh; mus, rat). Mamm. genus of rodent, close to the jerboa and of which we know two species, lagotis Cuvieri and lagotis pallipes, both the size and the color of the hare, to which this genus is a substitute in the fauna of …Read more »
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