chinchilla rat

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chinchilla rat

noun chinchilla rats

Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains. 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.
Similar: abrocomid, rat chinchilla

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@misc{chinchilla_rat_2026,
  title = {chinchilla rat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chinchilla%20rat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}