CHINCHILLAS FUR IS SO THICK THAT NO PARASITES CAN SURVIVE IN ITS COAT. EVEN FLEAS SUFFOCATE IT’S ITS THICK COAT!

CHINCHILLAS ARE FOUND IN SOUTH AMERICA AND LIVE IN THE ANDES MOUNTAINS.

CHINCHILLAS CAN BE WHITE, GREY, BLACK, BEIGE, OR SILVER.

CHINCHILLAS LIVE IN GROUPS OF ABOUT 100 MEMBERS. THEY ARE VERY SOCIAL AND THEY ARE ALSO NOCTURNAL ANIMALS.

THESE ANIMALS BELONG TO RODENTS AND THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES, SHORT AND LONG TAILED.

CHINCHILLAS ARE FAIRLY SMALL ANIMALS. THEY WEIGH AROUND 2 TO 3 POUNDS AND REACH 10 TO 14 INCHES IN LENGTH.

CHINCHILLAS ARE NAMED AFTER THE AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBE CALLED “CHINCHA.”

THESE ANIMALS ARE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AND THEY WERE NEARLY HUNTED TO EXTINCTION BECAUS OF THEIR FUR.

ALTHOUGH CHINCHILLAS DON’T NORMALLY RUN, WHEN THEY FEAR DANGER, THEY CAN RUN 15 MPH.