chinchilla rat

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chinchilla rat (plural chinchilla rats)

  1. Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae.
    • 2001, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, chapter I, in Degus‎[1], page 41:
      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.
    • 2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, 5th edition, page 232:
      Chinchilla rats look roughly like large woodrats (Neotoma, Cricetidae), reach over 400 millimeters in total length, and resemble octodontids in many ways.
    • 2013, Tim Burford, chapter I, in Chile Highlights‎[2], page 39:
      There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.

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