Chinchilla

A small south American rodent quadruped of the genus Chinchilla, especially C. lanigera; a pika-squirrel. Usually about 10 inches long, with large rounded ears, long hind legs, 5 toes on the fore feet, a long bushy tail, and beautifully fine pearly-gray pelage, in great repute in furriery.

Keywords

Rat, rodent

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Mammals: C

Source

William & Robert Chambers Encyclopaedia - A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881)

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