Chinchilla laniger

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chinchilloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Chinchilloidea

Chinchilla laniger (Molina, 1782)

Type material: Unknown.
Type locality: “Abita fotterra nei campi delle Provincie Boreali del Chili”, given as “Chile; vicinity of Coquimbo” by Osgood (1943: 134).

Cricetus chincilla G. Fischer, 1814: vii, 55 [nomen novum pro Mus laniger Molina, 1782]
- Type locality: “Chili borealibus, sub terra”.
Hypudaeus ?laniger Illiger, 1815: 108 [nomen nudum]
Chinchilla lanigera Bennett, 1829: 1 [nomen novum pro Mus laniger Molina, 1782]
- Holotype: BMNH 54a.
- Type locality: given as “Chile; vicinity of Coquimbo” by Osgood (1943: 134).
Eriomys pellionum Van der Hoeven, 1830: 613 [nomen novum pro Mus laniger Molina, 1782]
- Syntypes: RMNH.MAM.63728 juvenile, sex unknown, cranium.
- Type locality: “Chile”.
Chinchilla velligera Prell, 1934: 100 [nomen novum pro Chinchilla lanigera Bennett, 1829]
- Holotype: BMNH 54a.
- Type locality: “Chilevom Rio Chuapa”.

Molina, J.I. 1782. Saggio sulla Storia Naturale del Chili. Stamperia di S. Tomaso d'Aquino: Bologna. 367 pp. Reference page. Internet Archive
Fischer, G. 1814. Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata, in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico-Chirurgicae Mosquensis edita. Editio Tertia. Volumen Tertium. Quadrupedum reliquorum, cetorum et montrymatum descriptionem continens. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky: Mosquae [=Moscow]. xxiv + 732 pp. BHL Reference page.
Bennett, E.T. 1829. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated. Vol. I. Quadrupeds. Charles Tilt: London. 308 pp. BHL Reference page.
Van der Hoeven,J. 1830. Handboek der dierkunde, of grondbeginsels der natuurlijke geschiedenis van het dierenrijk. Tweeden deels, eerste stuk. Weekdieren. J. Allart: Rotterdam. 698 pp.
Prell, H. 1934. Die gegenwärtig bekannten Arten der Gattung Chinchilla Bennett, (Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Chinchilla II). Zoologischer Anzeiger 108: 97–104.
Osgood, W.H. 1943. The mammals of Chile. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 30: 1–268. BHL Reference page.

Jiménez, J., Deane, A., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Hurtado Materon, M.A. 2025. IUCN: Chinchilla laniger (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T4652A271314552. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T4652A271314552.en. Accessed on 12 January 2026.