Chinchilla lanigera 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

Chinchilla lanigera Bennett 1829

Chinchilla lanigera Bennett 1829 , Gard. Menag. Zool. Soc., 1: 1.

Type Locality: Chile, Coquimbo Prov., Coquimbo.

Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Chinchilla.

Synonyms: Chinchilla chincilla (Fischer 1814) ; Chinchilla velligera Prell 1934 .

Distribution: N Chile, in foothills of the Andes and coastal mountains south to Talca.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: See Jimenez (1996) for current status of wild populations. Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=126 ( George and Weir, 1974).