chinchilla rat
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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.
- Chinchilla rats look roughly like large woodrats (Neotoma, Cricetidae), reach over 400 millimeters in total length, and resemble octodontids in many ways.
- There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.
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