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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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SUBSPECIES chinchilla

SUBSPECIES boliviana

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