chinchilla rat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains.
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.
2001, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, chapter I, in Degus, page 41:Chinchilla rats look roughly like large woodrats (Neotoma, Cricetidae), reach over 400 millimeters in total length, and resemble octodontids in many ways.
2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, 5th edition, page 232:There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.
2013, Tim Burford, chapter I, in Chile Highlights, page 39:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| chinchilla rats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat · Famatina chinchilla rat (Abrocoma famatina · ashy chinchilla rat · Bennett's chinchilla rat · Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat · Bolivian chinchilla rat · Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat · Uspallata chinchilla rat · Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat · Mendozan chinchilla rat · Budin's chinchilla rat
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Translations (4)
fi tsintsilloni (Abrocoma) · pl kuskoszczur (Cuscomys) · pl szynszyloszczur (Abrocoma) · sv chinchillaråtta (Abrocoma)