A chinchilla is neither a rat nor a rabbit. It is a rodent, but it belongs to its own special family called Chinchillidae. While it may look similar to both, especially due to its size and fur, it is ...

Cute and cuddly, the chinchilla is an adorable resident of the Andes Mountains, which it calls home. A member of the rodent family, the chinchilla derives its name from the Chincha people, an ...

The short-tailed chinchilla, a high-altitude South American rodent, was hunted almost to extinction in the 19th and 20th centuries for its highly prized fur. It’s now endangered, and one small colony ...

This charismatic rat discovered in Peru is the only member of its genus. DISCOVERED IN 1997 during a research expedition through the Vilcabamba mountain range in south-central Peru, the Asháninka ...

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. In 2020, on a rocky hillside overlooking the vast swell of the Pacific Ocean, near the Chilean port city of Antofagasta, a local man walking ...