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The short-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla) is a small rodent part of the Chinchillidae family and is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. Originating in South America , the chinchilla is part of the genus Chinchilla , which is separated into two species: the long-tailed chinchilla and the short-tailed chinchilla.
They have large eyes, medium-sized ears, soft dense fur and short bushy tails. The forelegs are shorter than the hind legs. The forefeet have four toes while the hind feet have four small-clawed toes in Lagidium and Chinchilla but three large-clawed toes in Lagostomus , a digging species.
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The long tailed-species was listed on the IUCN Red List as "Very rare and believed to be decreasing in numbers" in 1965. From 1982 to 1996, both species were listed as Indeterminate. In 2006, the long-tailed species was listed as "Vulnerable" while the short-tailed species was listed as "Critically Endangered". By 2008, both were listed as ...
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Long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) the 1930s the Andes: fur, research, pets 1d Rodentia: Short-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla) the 1930s the Andes: fur Raised in captivity Critically endangered in the wild 1d Rodentia: Water flea (Daphnia magna) the 1930s North America, Eurasia, Africa: research, animal feed 6c Other arthropods
Members of this species are medium- to large-sized rodents that also look remarkably like a long-tailed rabbit. [6] Soft, dense fur covers its body, from the tips of its elongated fur-covered ears, edged with a fringe of white fur to the end of its long, curled tail. Its tail is bushy and can range up to about one-third of the length of its body.
Chinchilla rats or chinchillones are rodents of the family Abrocomidae.This family has few members compared to most rodent families, with only nine known living species. They resemble chinchillas in appearance, with a similar soft fur and silvery-grey color, but have a body structure more like a short-tailed