chinchilla rat
English
A chinchilla rat, (Abrocoma bennettii)
Noun
chinchilla rat (plural chinchilla rats)
- Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae.
- 2001, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, chapter I, in Degus, page 41:
- 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.
- 2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, 5th Edition, page 232,
- Chinchilla rats look roughly like large woodrats (Neotoma, Cricetidae), reach over 400 millimeters in total length, and resemble octodontids in many ways.
- 2013, Tim Burford, chapter I, in Chile Highlights, page 39:
- There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.
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Synonyms
- (any species of family Abrocomidae): abrocomid
Derived terms
- Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma ashaninka)
- ashy chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma cinerea)
- Bennett's chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma bennettii)
- Bolivian chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma boliviensis)
- Budin's chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma budini)
- Famatina chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma famatina
- Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat (†Ambrocoma oblativus; extinct)
- Mendozan chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma vaccarum)
- Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat (= Mendozan chinchilla rat)
- Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma schistacea)
- Uspallata chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma uspallata)
Translations
caviomorph rodent
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