Meaning of chinchilla rat | Babel Free

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Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains.

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“The chinchilla rat is a nocturnal rodent about the same size as a degu.[…]Chinchilla rats and degus live together in harmony, often seeming oblivious to each other's presence.”

“Chinchilla rats look roughly like large woodrats (Neotoma, Cricetidae), reach over 400 millimeters in total length, and resemble octodontids in many ways.”

“There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.”

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