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Chinchilla (chinchilla)
Taxonomy
Chinchilla was named by Bennett (1829). It is extant. Its type is Mus laniger. It was considered monophyletic by Ortiz et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Chinchillidae by Bennett (1833), Ortiz et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Chinchillidae by Bennett (1833), Ortiz et al. (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1829 | Chinchilla Bennett |
| 1833 | Chinchilla Bennett p. 59 |
| 2012 | Chinchilla Ortiz et al. p. 256 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Chinchilla Bennett 1829 [chinchilla]
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Chinchilla chinchilla Lichtenstein 1830 [short-tailed chinchilla]
Chinchilla lanigera Molina 1782 [long-tailed chinchilla]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||