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Definition of Mountain viscacha

1. Noun. A rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Viscacha

Literary usage of Mountain viscacha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1843)
"This is the mountain ' Viscacha'; the specimen brought home by me, and now in the British ... There is a mountain ' Viscacha' on the west side of the Andes, ..."

2. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"... retreating into natural cavities amongst the rocks, and only making their appearance on the surface at night. The mountain viscacha (Lagi- Fig. 357. ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1844)
"... the characters of which Mr. Waterhouse pointed out), and the Mountain Viscacha (Lagotis Cuvieri, Bennett). Several specimens of this last-mentioned ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1843)
"This is the mountain ' Viscacha'; the specimen brought home by me, and now in the British ... There is a mountain ' Viscacha' on the west side of the Andes, ..."

5. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"... retreating into natural cavities amongst the rocks, and only making their appearance on the surface at night. The mountain viscacha (Lagi- Fig. 357. ..."

6. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1844)
"... the characters of which Mr. Waterhouse pointed out), and the Mountain Viscacha (Lagotis Cuvieri, Bennett). Several specimens of this last-mentioned ..."

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