Long-tailed chinchilla  (Chinchilla lanigera)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Chinchillidae
Genus Chinchilla (1)
Size Tail length: 7.5 - 15 cm (2)
Head/body length: 22.5 - 38 cm (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU A1cd) on the IUCN Red List 2002 (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3).