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--> FAMILY Chinchillidae
--> GENUS Chinchilla
SPECIES Chinchilla chinchilla
Author: | Lichtenstein, 1829. | Citation: | Darst, neu o. wenig. Bekannt. Säugeth.: 2 unnumbered pages. | Common Name: | Short-tailed Chinchilla | Type Locality: | Peru, vicinity of Lima. | Distribution: | Andes of S Bolivia, S Peru, NW Argentina, and Chile. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I (non-domesticated forms only); U.S. ESA – Endangered as C. brevicauda boliviana; IUCN – Critically Endangered as C. brevicauda. | Comments: | Recognized as brevicauda by Cabrera (1961) and Woods (1993) but see Osgood (1943) and Anderson (1997). Pine et al. (1979) included brevicaudata in lanigera without comment. |
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