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Lagostomus crassus
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Conservation status
Status iucn3.1 EX
Extinct  (1799 or 1800) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Chinchillidae
Genus: Lagostomus
Species: L. crassus
Binomial name
Lagostomus crassus
Thomas, 1910

Lagostomus crassus is an extinct species of viscacha that was native to Peru. It is known from a single skull found in southern Peru.

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