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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.
The domestic chinchilla is descended from Chinchilla lanigera, the long-tailed Chinchilla. They are the more common one in the wild, as the other species, Chinchilla chinchilla, or short-tailed Chinchilla, has been hunted nearly to extinction. Therefore, domestic chinchillas have thinner bodies, longer tails and larger ears.
Short-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla CR; Long-tailed chinchilla, ... They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four ...
Short-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla EN extirpated; Genus: Lagidium. ... They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having ...
Short-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla brevicaudata CR; Genus: Lagidium. Southern viscacha, ... They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as ...
Short-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla EN; Genus: Lagidium. Southern viscacha, ... They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as ...
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