Chinchilla lanigera

Bennett, 1829 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Chinchillidae/Chinchilla

At a glance

Occurrence records61

Data sources13

Biological traits0

DNA specimens15

eDNA detections5

Sources13 archives

Databases and archives Chinchilla lanigera's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation16 languages↗

Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility61 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeADWarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF61 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD15 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · TreeOfSex · NCBI3.9 Gbp

01Narrative

Chinchilla lanigera has a head and body length of 225-380 mm, and a tail averaging 75-150 mm. The species is sexually dimorphic with the female weighing up to 800 g and the male only 500 g. The fur of members of this species is extremely dense and soft. Each hair usually has a black tip, and as many as 60 hairs grow out of one follicle. The ventral side is usually bluish, pearl, or brownish gray, and the belly is yellowish-white. Its tail is furry with coarse hairs on the dorsal surface. The head is broad and the external ears are large. Chinchillas have large, black eyes with a vertical split pupil, vestigial cheek pouches, and incisors with colored enamel. Both the forefoot and hindfoot have four digits with stiff bristles surrounding the weak claws. (Nowak 1991, Grzimek 1975)

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding15 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Chinchilla lanigera has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens15

BINs1

Marker genes11

eDNA detections5

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5PCOIICOXIIICYTBND1ND2ND3ND4ND4LND5-0ND6

animal barcodemitochondrial

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · TreeOfSex · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Chinchilla lanigera carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size3 872 880 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

THIS GENOME Chinchilla lanigera3.87 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 64 n = 32

Chromosome records64–642n range64median64mode5records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 645×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · GoaT · Animal Genome Size Database +1

GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database — ↗

GoaT · Tree of Sex Database — ↗

GoaT · Animal Genome Size Database — ↗

TreeOfSex · vert — Hsu T.C., Benirschke K. (1967) An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes, Volume 1, Springer-Verlag, New York. ↗

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type61 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered60

Origin

Native8

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO132 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy18% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 5≤10 km 18>10 km 19

45 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence60

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions10 of 21 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museumlocation not on record	8
Chicago, US	6
University of Nevada, Museum of Biologylocation not on record	5
Los Angeles, US	5
Berkeley, US	5
Seattle, US	4
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record	3
Tilburg, NL	3
Geneva, CH	2
Philip L. Wright Zoological Museumlocation not on record	2
München, DE	2
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrateslocation not on record	2
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record	2
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record	2
Ann Arbor, US	2
ASNHClocation not on record	1
Provo, US	1
Museo de Zoología de la Universidad de Concepción (MZUC-UCCC)location not on record	1
CASlocation not on record	1
Fort Hays State University, Sternberg Museumlocation not on record	1
Edmonton, CA	1

21 institutions · 59 of 60 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Chinchilla lanigera was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found5

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median-1.60 °C -1.60–-1.60

Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.8 °C

Max temp (day)0.6 °C

Min temp (night)-4.20 °C

Precipitation32.8 mm/mo

Air humidity67.6 %

Moisture balance10.0 mm/mo

Vapour deficit182 Pa

Wind speed4.80 m/s

Cloud cover58.0 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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