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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
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--> FAMILY Chinchillidae
--> GENUS Chinchilla
SPECIES Chinchilla lanigera
Author: | Bennett, 1829. | Citation: | Gard. Menag. Zool. Soc., 1: 1. | Common Name: | Long-tailed Chinchilla | Type Locality: | Chile, Coquimbo Prov., Coquimbo. | Distribution: | N Chile, in foothills of the Andes and coastal mountains south to Talca. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | See Jimenez (1996) for current status of wild populations. Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=126 (George and Weir, 1974). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
chincilla (Fischer, 1814) velligera Prell, 1934
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