English

A chinchilla rat, (Abrocoma bennettii)

Noun

chinchilla rat ‎(plural chinchilla rats)

1. Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae.
   • 2001, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, 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, Chile Highlights, page 39,

     There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.

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