Long-tailed Chinchilla 🐾

Long-tailed Chinchilla

The long-tailed chinchilla ( Chinchilla lanigera ), also called the Chilean , coastal , common chinchilla , or lesser chinchilla , is one of two species of rodents from the genus Chinchilla , the other species being Chinchilla chinchilla . Wild populations of C. lanigera occur in Aucó, near Illapel, IV Región, Chile (31°38’S, 71°06’W), in Reserva Nacional Las Chinchillas and in La Higuera, about 100 km (62 mi) north of Coquimbo (29°33’S, 71°04’W) Chilean chinchillas were reported from Talca (35°30’S), Chile, reaching north to Peru...