10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUNTAIN CHINCHILLA»
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Concise Encyclopedia Biology
Three species are known, e.g. the Common mountain chinchilla (L. viscacia).
Chinchillas (Chinchilla), originally native to the Andes, are now extinct in many
areas. On account of their unusually thick, soft, silver-gray fur, they have been ...
2
International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Tree squirrel - water ...
The mountain viscacha, sometimes called the mountain chinchilla, looks more
like a chinchilla or a long-tailed rabbit. It is smaller than its plains relative, 12/4-
15X inches (31-39 cm) long in head and body, with a long tail of up to 12M
inches.
3
International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Index volume
... 2809 False 6: 840 Hairy-legged 20: 2808, 2809 White-winged 20: 2807-2808,
2809 Vaquita 15: 2024, 2025 Venomous animals 20: 2817-2820 Vicuña 11:
1470, 2472, 1472; 12: 1672 Viscacha 20: 2834-2836 Mountain (mountain
chinchilla) ...
4
Animal encyclopedia: mammals
... up to 4 ft. in height and 570 Ib. in weight. The Rocky Mountain Caribou and
Osborn Caribou are closely related. Mountain Chinchilla (1), a Chinchilla from
Bolivia and part of the Argentine which is slightly smaller than the Peruvian
Chinchilla.
Leo Wender, Martin Alister Campbell Hinton, 1949
5
VIVA Travel Guides Argentina
Perito Moreno is one of the major reserves for the endangered huemul, or South
Andean deer, and Wolffsons mountain chinchilla. The song of the Chilean Flicker
, Austral Parakeet, woodpeckers and owls frequently are heard. The eastern ...
Lorraine Caputo, Crit Minster PhD
6
Grzimek's Animal life encyclopedia
... L. maximus (Desmarest, 1817) 433f Genus Mountain Chinchillas (Lagidium)
433f Common Mountain Chinchilla, L. viscacia (Molina, 1782) 434 Peruvian
Mountain Chinchilla, L. peruanum Meyen, 1933 Wolffson's Mountain Chinchilla, ...
... the Mountain chinchilla or Mountain vizcacha (Lagidium) which is also found in
the Andes and their foot-hills from Peru to the Argentine. It is larger than the True
chinchilla and, having fur of poor quality, has not been persecuted. Mountain ...
8
Fur Trade Journal of Canada
(7) First Master Breeder Award was won by Bill and Margaret Capabianco,
Catskills Mountain Chinchilla Ranch, who also had the Medium Light, Dark
Medium, and Medium Dark championships, and the Show Reserve Champ. (8)
Second ...
9
The illustrated book about animals of the world
Big Chinchilla Mountain Chinchilla Viscacha Chinchillas live in the Andes
Mountains of South America, but since 1923 they have been bred domestically in
the United States. They are protected by conservation laws in their' native
countries ...
Hans Hvass, Mildred H. Wilson, 1960
Top prizes of the show went to Frank Stillman of Salt Lake City, Glen Snyder of
Cheyenne, Wyo., and Lewis Van Meter. The largest number of ribbons was won
by Dr. Menifee R. Howard of the Genessee Mountain Chinchilla Farm, ...
