Definition of Genus Lagostomus

1. Noun. Viscachas.

Exact synonyms: Lagostomus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Chinchillidae, Family Chinchillidae
Member holonyms: Chinchillon, Lagostomus Maximus, Viscacha

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lagostomus

genus Lacerta
genus Lachnolaimus
genus Lactarius
genus Lactobacillus
genus Lactophrys
genus Lactuca
genus Laelia
genus Lagarostrobus
genus Lagenaria
genus Lagenophera
genus Lagerstroemia
genus Lagidium
genus Lagodon
genus Lagopus
genus Lagorchestes
genus Lagostomus (current term)
genus Lagothrix
genus Laguncularia
genus Lama
genus Lambertia
genus Lambis
genus Laminaria
genus Lamium
genus Lamna
genus Lampris
genus Lampropeltis
genus Languas
genus Lanius
genus Lansium
genus Lanthanotus

Literary usage of Genus Lagostomus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1848)
"... and sharply-pointed nails: upper lip with a vertical groove ; muffle broad and expanded. The genus Lagostomus is easily distinguished from the other ..."

2. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated: Published by Edward Turner Bennett (1830)
"... to Mr. Brookes's new-genus Lagostomus, of which a figure and description are contained in the last published part (the first of the sixteenth volume) of ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1833)
"... Horsfield, and the most esteemed modern naturalists; he established several new genera, and one order; his new genus Lagostomus formed the subject of an ..."

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