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A young wild Chilean chinchilla (2006) A domesticated chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera is smaller—wild animals have body lengths up to 260 mm (10 in)—has more rounded ears—45 mm (1.8 in) in length)—and a longer tail than C. chinchilla; its tail is usually about a third the size of its body—up to 130 mm (5.1 in) compared to 100 mm (3.9 in) in C. chinchilla.
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.
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.
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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.
Short-tailed chinchilla Long-tailed chinchilla Southern viscacha Northern viscacha Southern mountain cavy Common degu Coruro Coypu. Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing.
Genus Chinchilla. Chinchilla chinchilla - Short-tailed chinchilla; Chinchilla lanigera - Long-tailed chinchilla; Genus Lagidium. Lagidium ahuacaense - Ecuadorean mountain viscacha; Lagidium peruanum - Northern viscacha; Lagidium viscacia - Southern viscacha; Lagidium wolffsohni - Wolffsohn's viscacha; Genus Lagostomus. Lagostomus crassus? (extinct)
Pages in category "Chinchilla" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Short-tailed chinchilla; T. That Pesky Rat This page was ...