Chinchillidae Bennett 1833

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
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scientific name	Chinchillidae Bennett 1833
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Treatment

Chinchillidae Bennett 1833 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833: 58.

Synonyms: Eriomyidae Burmeister 1854 ; Lagostomidae Bonaparte 1838 ; Viacacidae Ameghino 1904 ; Viscacciidae Roverto 1914 .

Genera: 3 genera with 7 species:

Genus Chinchilla Bennett 1829 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Lagidium Meyen 1833 (3 species with 20 subspecies)

Genus Lagostomus Brookes 1828 (2 species with 3 subspecies)

Discussion: Placed in the superfamily Chinchilloidea by Woods (1982) and McKenna and Bell (1997). McKenna and Bell (1997) recognized two subfamilies, Chinchillinae and Lagostominae.