Chinchilla Bennett 1829

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Chinchillidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1550-1552 : 1550

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11342549

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scientific name

Chinchilla Bennett 1829
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Chinchilla Bennett 1829 View in CoL

Chinchilla Bennett 1829 View in CoL , Gard. Menag. Zool. Soc., 1: 1.

Type Species: Chinchilla lanigera Bennett 1829

Synonyms: Eriomys Lichtenstein 1829 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Chinchilla chinchilla Lichtenstein 1829

Subspecies Chinchilla chinchilla subsp. chinchilla Lichtenstein 1829

Subspecies Chinchilla chinchilla subsp. boliviana Brass 1911

Species Chinchilla lanigera Bennett 1829

Discussion: Osgood (1941) critically reviewed the early descriptions of chinchillas and suggested that Molina’s (1782) Mus laniger was a composite based on no known specimens. Bennett (1829) uses Chinchilla lanigera , derived from Molina’s Mus laniger , without stating that the animal described is the same as that described by Molina (1782). Geographic variation in this taxon is poorly understood making it difficult to determine the number of valid species. Osgood (1943) recognized a single species, Cabrera (1961) and Woods (1993) recognized two species, and Bidlingmaier (1937) recognized three species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Chinchillidae

Loc

Chinchilla Bennett 1829

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Chinchilla

Bennett 1829: 1
1829
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