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Chinchillas have a variety of defensive tactics, including spraying urine and releasing fur if bitten. In the wild, chinchillas have been observed eating plant leaves, fruits, seeds, and small insects. [10] In nature, chinchillas live in social groups that resemble colonies, but are properly called herds.
Chinchillas have natural predators in the wild, on the ground and in the sky. Birds, such as owls and hawks may swoop down and snatch chinchillas. On the ground, snakes, wild cats, and foxes hunt chinchillas as prey. In the three recognized populations, the Andean fox is the main predator. However, chinchillas are agile and can run up to 15 mph ...
The family Chinchillidae is in the order Rodentia and consists of the chinchillas, the viscachas, and their fossil relatives. This family is restricted to southern and western South America, mostly living in mountainous regions of the Andes but one species living on plains. They are medium to large-sized rodents, weighing from 800 g (28 oz) to ...
Chinpals shares the antics of her five (or more) chinchillas, and they're all too cute! From her adorable Chinchillas playing the drums, to eating, and other funny things like what she shares in ...
In addition to cute videos of chinchillas drumming, or holding adorable mini-Stanley water bottles, for example, she also uses her platform to be brutally honest about how much work pet ...
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.
In addition to the chinchillas, other small mammals (mainly rodents), two fox species and felines like the Puma inhabit the reserve and surrounding hills. Actually only about half of the wild chinchillas are located within the reserve boundaries. The other half live on private and communally owned lands.
Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] MICHELLE GROSS: Phil is just very sweet, very lovable. He can actually be quite hyper, which is the typical temperament of chinchillas. But more times than not ...