Chinchilla
rodent genus
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Summary
Chinchilla is a taxon[1]. Chinchilla ranks in the top 0.21% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,140 views/month, #414 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Chinchillidae[4], Chinchillinae[5]
- Taxon name: Chinchilla[6]
- Subclass of: Rodentia[7]
- Commons category: Chinchilla[8]
- Taxonomic type: Chinchilla lanigera[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chinchilla[10]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
- This taxon is source of: chinchilla[14]
- Different from: Chinchilla rabbit[15], chinchilla rats[16]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[17]
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Identifiers
Chinchilla's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43816[18]. Chinchilla's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10151[19]. Chinchilla's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42072[20]. Chinchilla's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2439828[21]. Chinchilla's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584613[22].
Why It Matters
Chinchilla has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Chinchilla is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]