Chinchillas

Many people find chinchillas with their big ears and eyes to be a cute species that they fall in love with at first sight. So where do chinchillas come from and what are some breeds of chinchillas? Here let me take you to understand.

The chinchilla is known in Chinese as the chinchilla or chinchilla, also known as the woolly mouse, directly translated from the Latin name Chinchilla, is a prehistoric rodent. Its life expectancy is an average of eight to ten years, with a maximum of twenty years; its character is lively and active, and it likes to jump around and is full of curiosity. Because chinchillas are clean, gentle, easy to take care of, and free of lice, they can be said to be the ideal pets for city dwellers.

One of the main places of origin

The highlands of the Andes Mountains in South America.

Two, appearance

Chinchillas have five fingers, four toes, twenty teeth, including four incisors and sixteen large teeth; the color can be divided into seventeen kinds, the main color of the common Standard Gray (Standard Gray), Silver White (Silver White), Velvet Black (Black), Velvet Black (Velvet), Velvet Black (Velvet), Velvet Black (Velvet), Velvet Black (Velvet), Velvet Black (Velvet), Velvet Black (Velvet), Velvet Black (Velvet), and Velvet Black (Velvet). Velvet), Velvet Brown (Brown Velvet), Purple Brown (Pastel).

3. Breeds

The species of chinchillas can be divided into the following three types:

1. Short-tailed chinchillas (Chinchilla chinchilla boliviana), the wild ones are almost extinct.

2. King Chinchilla, also known as real chinchilla, is a giant chinchilla with a length of 40cm, which became extinct hundreds of years ago.

3. Long-tailed chinchillas (Chinchilla Lanigera), most of the artificially bred chinchillas belong to this category, and the wild ones are almost extinct.