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Definition of Genus Lagostomus
1. Noun. Viscachas.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Chinchillidae, Family Chinchillidae
Member holonyms: Chinchillon, Lagostomus Maximus, Viscacha
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lagostomus
Literary usage of Genus Lagostomus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1848)
"... and sharply-pointed nails: upper lip with a vertical groove ; muffle broad
and expanded. The genus Lagostomus is easily distinguished from the other ..."
2. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated: Published by Edward Turner Bennett (1830)
"... to Mr. Brookes's new-genus Lagostomus, of which a figure and description are
contained in the last published part (the first of the sixteenth volume) of ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1833)
"... Horsfield, and the most esteemed modern naturalists; he established several
new genera, and one order; his new genus Lagostomus formed the subject of an ..."
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