Chinchilla

New Latin, from Spanish chinchilla, from Quechua or Aymara.

Chinchilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chinchillidae – the chinchillas.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Chinchilloidea - superfamily; Chinchillidae - family

• (genus): Chinchilla chinchilla (short-tailed chinchilla), Chinchilla lanigera (long-tailed chinchilla) (species)

• Chinchilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chinchilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chinchilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chinchilla in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Chinchilla at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chinchilla at the Catalogue of Life 
• Chinchilla at Encyclopedia of Life
• Chinchilla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Chinchilla at Paleology Database

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Chinchilla. This surname is mostly found in Costa Rica.

Chinchilla (plural Chinchillas)

1. A surname from Spanish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chinchilla is the 9165^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3561 individuals. Chinchilla is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.98%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chinchilla”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327.

• IPA^(key): /tʃɪnˈtʃɪla/

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Chinchilla f (genitive Chinchilla, plural Chinchillas)

1. chinchilla (rodent)

Chinchilla n (strong, genitive Chinchillas, plural Chinchillas)

1. chinchilla (rodent)
2. chinchilla rabbit (three separate breeds)
3. chinchilla (fur)

• Chinchillakaninchen (“chinchilla rabbit”)

Chinchilla

1. a surname