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Plains viscacha: A rodent that builds vast underground cities and ovulates more than any other mammal
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Plains viscacha ( Lagostomus maximus) is a stout cousin of the chinchilla.
The plains viscacha builds subterranean "cities" known as "vizcacheras," where up to 50 individuals live together.
The female viscacha can release up to 326 eggs in a single reproductive cycle.
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87
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84
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86
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semi-formal
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English
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58
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Time-value
long-living
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140196318301113https://mathcs.holycross.edu/~little/Mont201516/VoyageBeagle.pdfhttps://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lagidium_viscacia/https://www.naturalista.uy/taxa/43824-Lagostomus-maximushttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jez.2921https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viscacha
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