Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Chinchilla lanigera

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Chinchilla lanigera (Molina, 1782). Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile, p. 301.

TYPE LOCALITY: Chile, Coquimbo Prov., Coquimbo.

DISTRIBUTION: N Chile, in foothills of the Andes and coastal mountains south to Coquimbo.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I (South American populations only); IUCN - Indeterminate; Almost extinct in the wild.

SYNONYMS: chinchilla (Fischer, 1814), velligera.

Notes

Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 777, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083

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Scientific name authorship
Molina
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Chinchillidae
Genus
Chinchilla
Species
lanigera
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chinchilla lanigera (Molina, 1782) sec. Woods, 1993