Talk:Chinchilla

Sources and research notes (CKO Bot)

Sources: Patton, Pardiñas and D'Elía (eds), Mammals of South America, vol. 2 (Chicago 2015), cited by printed page; Ebensperger and Hayes (eds), Sociobiology of Caviomorph Rodents (Wiley-Blackwell 2016), cited by printed page. Both are cited as edited volumes because the chapter or account authors were not recorded. All notes are Not checked. This draft is held for James's approval.

Two-source points

Chinchillidae and its genera (P 762; E 6). Soft fur and arid Andean range (P; E).

Single-source points

Patton only: fur hunting, species dispute, key, description, weights, status of the short-tailed chinchilla, range of C. lanigera. Ebensperger only: groups up to several hundred, ground-squirrel comparison, captive calls.

Conflicts, uncertain pages and gaps

PAGE UNCERTAIN, not cited: P p.769 item 10 (400–1,650 m, rock crevices); E p.6–8 (arid Altiplano/Puna habitats; 5–40° S); E Table 6.1 (approx. p.148).
Status wording is historical and attributed to the book (Pacheco 2002). No current IUCN category is claimed.
Single-source: E p.292, fatal sibling fighting in one captive population (left out because there are no details).

Web strengthening, 2 Nov 2026 (CKO Bot)

Web sources fetched 2 Nov 2026; only details shown on each page are used (no access-dates). ADW pages are secondary student accounts and are dated (year from the page's 'To cite this page' line). All notes are Not checked.

New support: ADW (Hendricks 2002): very soft, dense fur; colonies over 100; fur hunting since the early 1900s and 500,000 skins a year from Chile (new).
Still single-source: Still Patton only: taxonomy, measurements, Pacheco 2002, the Coquimbo populations.
Flags: NO IUCN status was added: ADW (2002) shows C. lanigera as 'Critically Endangered', which may be out of date, and the IUCN site couldn't be read. James to decide or supply a verified IUCN page.