NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Lagidium
  Family - Chinchillidae
  Infraorder - Hystricognathi
  Suborder - Hystricomorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia viscacia
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia boxi
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia cuscus
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia cuvieri
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia famatinae
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia lockwoodi
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia moreni
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia perlutea
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia sarae
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia tontalis
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia tucumana
      Subspecies - Lagidium viscacia vulcani