Chinchilla Rats are members of the Abrocoma genus that resemble Chinchillas (to which they are closely related) in appearance but have a body-structure more like a rat. All three species live in the Andes Mountains of South America. They are probably herbivorous, but this is not clear. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of mammary glands... Families See Classification Section The order Rodentia is the most numerous of all the branches on the mammal family tree. ... Hystricognathi is a subordo of the Rodentia. ... Caviomorpha is an infraorder of hystricognath rodents. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... There have been several famous people with the surname Waterhouse: Alfred Waterhouse (1830 - 1905), English architect. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Genera Chinchilla Lagidium Lagostomus Chinchillas and their relatives viscachas are small, nocturnal mammals native to the Andes mountains in South America and belonging to the family Chinchillidae. ... Species 50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. ... See also architecture with non-sequential dynamic execution scheduling (ANDES). ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... In zoology, an herbivore is an animal that is adapted to eat primarily plants (rather than meat). ...
Although the fur of chinchillarats is not of great commercial value, these animals are nevertheless targeted by hunters, who sometimes sell their pelts to gullible buyers as true chinchilla pelts.
Chinchillarats are covered with soft gray or gray-brown fur that resembles the fur of true chinchillas but is not as woolly.