this purely South American Nagerfamilie is generally known, although extremely rare types of animal belong to her in the free nature: beside the actual chinchillas (type chinchilla) the Viscacha and the hare-mice.
Endangering The even one, yields, gloomily - or ashen fur of the actual chinchillas belongs to the most popular and most expensive fur-works. The dense, silken hair-dress becomes up to 2 cm long.
Originally, the chinchillas were very frequent inhabitants of the South American Andes. Although the Indios always had hunted chinchillas for its own needs, the enormous demand led to the nearly complete extermination of these types first for the fur-economy. Nowadays, far most chinchillas live on fur-animal-farms all over the world.
Types Two becomes approach it distinguished relatives types: the short-tail-chinchilla (chinchilla chinchilla) with 43 cm of body and tail-length, and the long-tail-chinchilla (chinchilla laniger) with a total-length of 37 cm.
Farm-attitude The long-tail-chinchilla is held mainly in fur-farms. Chinchillas are to be nourished easily and require only hay or green-feed and some wheat, oat or corn. If they get some fruit moreover, then, they require not even water.
It looks more difficult with the increase of this Nager living in monogamy. they only bring to the world from and at boy and persuaded already some to the task of its chinchilla-breeding careful breeders on fast profit. Furthermore it appears in captivity of frequent color-variations so that it always is difficult to get same color furs. Moreover chinchilla-furs are little durable and need special storage, best in climate-chambers.
Food All members of the family are herbivores and live in the high mountain region as far as on the Viscacha.
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