New record of the rare viscacha Lagidium wolffsohni (Thomas, 1907) in northern Patagonia, Chile

Fernando J. Novoa; Gabriel Gómez; Diego Ojeda; Andrés Diez

Gayana (Feb 2024)

New record of the rare viscacha Lagidium wolffsohni (Thomas, 1907) in northern Patagonia, Chile

Fernando J. Novoa,
Gabriel Gómez,
Diego Ojeda,
Andrés Diez

Affiliations

Fernando J. Novoa: ORCiD; Co-Laboratorio ECOS (Ecosistema-Complejidad-Sociedad) y Centro UC de Desarrollo Local (CEDEL), Campus Villarrica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Villarrica, Chile.
Gabriel Gómez: ORCiD; Corporación Puelo Patagonia, Puerto Varas, Chile.
Diego Ojeda: Corporación Puelo Patagonia, Puerto Varas, Chile.
Andrés Diez: ORCiD; Corporación Puelo Patagonia, Puerto Varas, Chile.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 87, no. 2

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Few records of Lagidium wolffsohni exist in both Chile and Argentina. Through camera traps, we obtained a new record of L. wolffsohni in northern Patagonia, Chile. We also describe its feeding activity and other behavioral aspects.

Published in Gayana

ISSN: 0717-652X (Print); 0717-6538 (Online)
Publisher: Universidad de Concepción
Country of publisher: Chile
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Oceanography; Science: Zoology
Website: https://gayana.cl/

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