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Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Order Rodentia Suborder Hystricomorpha Family Chinchillidae

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chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera	chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera	chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera
chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera	chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera	chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera
chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera	lowland paca Cuniculus paca capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum speckled tree rat Echimys semivillosus O'Connell's spiny rat Proechimys oconnelli Brazilian guinea pig Cavia aperea Central American agouti Dasyprocta punctata coypu Myocastor coypus degu Octodon degus chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera Conover's tuco-tuco Ctenomys conoveri Indian crested porcupine Hystrix indica	northern viscacha Lagidium peruanum
northern viscacha Lagidium peruanum	northern viscacha Lagidium peruanum	northern viscacha Lagidium peruanum
northern viscacha Lagidium peruanum	northern viscacha Lagidium peruanum	Brazilian tapir Tapirus terrestris chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera southern Luzon giant cloud rat Phloeomys cumingi brown rat Rattus norvegicus

Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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