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Definition of Lagostomus
1. Noun. Viscachas.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Chinchillidae, Family Chinchillidae
Member holonyms: Chinchillon, Lagostomus Maximus, Viscacha
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lagostomus
Literary usage of Lagostomus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Brookes recognized the fact that the viscacha belonged to a distinct genus which
he named lagostomus. He also changed Blainville's specific name max- ..."
2. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1848)
"(lagostomus, eine neue Sippe von ... 71 (lagostomus, nouveau genre de Rongeurs).
2. On the remarkable formation of the Trachea in the Egyptian ..."
3. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1848)
"... and one species, which is an inhabitant of the plains: it forms the genus
lagostomus. ... The genus lagostomus is easily distinguished from the other ..."
4. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society, Heinrich Friedrich Link (1845)
"It is a very interesting fact, that a similar position of these organs has been
found by Dr Schinz in lagostomus, but we have both sought in vain for them ..."
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