ShINShILLA

ShINShILLA (Chinchilla), yak nav jonvari mushmonandi khoyandaro guyand. Sh. dumkutoh (Ch. chinchilla) va dumdaroz (Ch. laniger) meshavad. Onho zohiran ba yakdigar monandand.

Sh. dar kuhsori And, (2000—4000 m az s. b.), Peru, Chili, Boliviya va Argentina maskun ast. Sh.-ho odatan guruh-gurukhh dar nishebihoi khushki garbi kuh, surokhihkhoi shakh, dar lona va bayni shagalu sangho zindagi mekunand. Begohi, shab va bazan subhdam serharakatand, ruzona khob meravand Alafhoi balandkuh, buttahoi khurd va kaktushoro mekhurand. Sh. sole 2—3 marotiba nasl (har dafa 1—5-toi) meovarad. To 20 sol umr mebinad. Muinai Sh. qimmatbahost. Ba SSSR Sh.-ro s. 1963 az ShMA ovardaand. Onro dar fermai tajribavii In-ti tadqiqoti ilmii umu-miittifoqii khojagii shikor va vahshparvari (vil. Kirov) ziyod mekunand va biologiyayu ekologiyai onro meomuzand. Sh.-ro dar baze nohiyahoi kuhsori jan. SSSR niz meparvarand.