Short-tailed Chinchilla

• GeneralIt has the densest fur of any land mammal: over 50 hairs to a follicle.
• conservaciónIt lives in colonies on high rocky ground in the Andes, and was hunted almost to extinction in the wild for its dense fur.
• It has the densest fur of any land mammal: dozens of hairs sprout from each follicle, which is why it cannot get wet without risking fungal infections, so it bathes in volcanic dust.
• Every domestic chinchilla in the world descends from a handful of animals caught in Chile in the 1920s, while the wild populations were all but disappearing.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (mammal)

Habitat and environment

Rocky outcrops and boulder fields of the high Andean puna, between 3,000 and 5,000 metres

Sexual maturity

8 months

Gestation / incubation

4 months

Litter / clutch size

2

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchilla_chinchilla

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.