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MOUNTAIN VIZCACHAS (lagidium-viscacia) ©Roburt Not a rabbit! The mountain vizcacha is a fairly large rodent with a head-body length ranging from 1 to 1-1/2 feet (29.5 to 46.4 cm) and with an average body-weight of about 3.5 pounds/1.5 kg. The tail is relatively long, 21.5-37.5 cm, half curled or fully curled when the animal is at rest but carried fully extended whan moving. The ears are elongated similar to those of a rabbit, hence the German venracular name “Hasenmaus” (hare mouse). Sexes look alike. The colour of the dense and soft pelt is variable, agouti-grey and brown on the back, with a range of cream to black, and the belly is pale yellow to tan. Mountain vizcachas are agile climbers but poor diggers and that are rarely found in earth burrows but rather use rock crevices for shelter. They are diurnal and colonial, living in groups that range from a few individuals to hundreds. They have a fairly large repertoire of vocalizations used in social interactions. After a gestation period of probably 120-140 days the female gives birth to one single fully developed young, which weighs about 260 g at borth and will be weaned at an age of about 2 months. The mountain vizcachas feed on various kind of plants, including lichens, mosses, grass and succulents. They apparently do not need free water. Fact Source: http://www.scielo.org Other photos you might like: Northern Vizcacha Chinchilla and for something completely different: Gang of Squirrel Monkeys riding a Capybara

MOUNTAIN VIZCACHAS (lagidium-viscacia) ©Roburt

Not a rabbit!

The mountain vizcacha is a fairly large rodent with a head-body length ranging from 1 to 1-1/2 feet (29.5 to 46.4 cm) and with an average body-weight of about 3.5 pounds/1.5 kg.

The tail is relatively long, 21.5-37.5 cm, half curled or fully curled when the animal is at rest but carried fully extended whan moving. The ears are elongated similar to those of a rabbit, hence the German venracular name “Hasenmaus” (hare mouse). Sexes look alike.

The colour of the dense and soft pelt is variable, agouti-grey and brown on the back, with a range of cream to black, and the belly is pale yellow to tan.

Mountain vizcachas are agile climbers but poor diggers and that are rarely found in earth burrows but rather use rock crevices for shelter. They are diurnal and colonial, living in groups that range from a few individuals to hundreds. They have a fairly large repertoire of vocalizations used in social interactions.

After a gestation period of probably 120-140 days the female gives birth to one single fully developed young, which weighs about 260 g at borth and will be weaned at an age of about 2 months.

The mountain vizcachas feed on various kind of plants, including lichens, mosses, grass and succulents. They apparently do not need free water.

Fact Source: http://www.scielo.org

Other photos you might like:

Northern Vizcacha

Chinchilla

and for something completely different:

Gang of Squirrel Monkeys riding a Capybara

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