chinchilline
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chinchilline (not comparable)
- (rare) Relating to, or resembling, the chinchilla, or other mammals of the family Chinchillidae.
- 1888, John Sterling Kingsley, The Riverside Natural History[1], volume 5, page 117:
- Mr. Allen thinks, however, that some imperfectly known remains from the bone caves of Anguilla Island, called Amblyrhiza and Loxomylus, and supposed to be chinchilline, may also prove to belong here.
- 1950, Handbook of South American Indians:
- The characteristic fauna includes some aberrant didelphid and caenolestid opossums, and some distinct armadillos; many specialized hystricomorph rodents, such as chinchillas, viscachas, maras (harelike), chinchilline rats, octodon rats, and tuco-tucos (gopherlike) […]
- 2010, Richard H. Madden, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca[2]:
- The few micro-mammals recorded at Chucal are still either undescribed or endemic (e.g. chinchilline rodents) and can not be compared with those of high-latitude localities.