Several animal species are regarded as being of special value because they are either endemic, nationally threatened or culturally valuable, including Andean condor Vultur gryphus, chestnut canastero Thripophaga steinbachi, sandy gallito Teledroma fuscus, puma Felis concolor, guanaco Lama guanicoe, mara Dolychotus patagonum and viscacha Lagidium viscacia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ischigualasto-Talampaya, Argentina] Reference

Genius: Lagidium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Other notable mammals include the mountain vizcacha (Lagidium viscacia), a large, gregarious rodent that lives high in the upper reaches of the Andes; the pudu (Pudu puda, VU), the smallest South American deer, which lives at lower elevations and is declining rapidly as a result of habitat destruction, competition with livestock, and hunting; the Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita, EN); and two species of brown bats, the Atacama myotis (Myotis atacamensis, VU) and Chilean myotis (M. chiloensis), both restricted to this region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the Chilean winter rainfall-valdivian forests] Reference